Fun Facts About Cincinnati

Cincinnati is often known as the Queen City among other names. It's a massive city in Ohio. Like all cities and countries, they have unique, quirky and interesting facts that even people living here in the city didn't even know

What's quite fascinating is that a lot of the businesses, newspapers mentioned are still running to this day

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Cincinnati was known as "Porkopolis" because of the massive number of slaughterhouses

Cincinnati was the first city to publish greeting cards. This occurred in 1850

The first municipal fire department and fireman's pole was established right here in Cincinnati in 1853

The famed "Skyline Chili" is often referred to as "Greek chili." This style of food was brought to Cincinnati in the 1920s by two brothers from the island of Macedonia

The "Flying Pig" marathon is a yearly event. The name was inspired by a pig that had gotten loose from one of the slaughterhouses when Cincinnati still had them

-Several major inventors lived right here in Cincinnati in the 19th century. They include the people who invented the steam locomotive, the self-starting automobile and the electric streetcar system

-Cincinnati is known for its beer brewing history because of German residents who settled in the city in the 1800s. They even named an area, "Over-The-Rhine". Because of all the beer breweries, Cincinnati became known as the "Beer Capital of the World". Nowadays, there are some notable craft breweries here, such as 50 West, Madtree, Rheingeist, Christian Moerlein, etc. 

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-There are more chili parlors here in Cincinnati than any other city in the country

-The largest Oktoberfest celebration in the US is held right here in Cincinnati. It's called Oktoberfest Zinzinnati

-The prototype of the Brooklyn Bridge was built right here in Cincinnati by John A. Roebling. This bridge in Cincinnati is still in use to this day. John A. Roebling created both the Brooklyn Bridge and the Suspension Bridge here in Cincinnati

-Cincinnati was a major stop on the Underground Railroad

-The first professional baseball team was created here in 1869. It was originally called the Cincinnati Red Stockings, but is now called the Cincinnati Reds

-Some of the more popular toys and inventions of our world were born here. They include the Magic 8-Ball, Play-Doh, Bicycle Playing Cards, Cornhole, weather forecasting

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-The Glier's Goetta Company is the largest maker of goetta here in Cincinnati. This German breakfast staple is so popular here it inspired its own festival, Goettafest. Where it's put on anything and I mean ANYTHING!

-The second oldest zoo in the country opened here in 1875. The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden houses plants of all species and animals of all species. The oldest building in the zoo is the building known as the Reptile House, which houses snakes, both venomous and non-venomous, alligators, turtles and others

-Cincinnati was known as Porkopolis because of the many slaughterhouses that operated here. They also manufactured salt pork

-Cincinnati was the first city to build, own and operate its own railroad company called Cincinnati Southern Railway

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-Cincinnati's original name was Losantiville. But the name was changed to Cincinnati after a Roman leader who saved Rome from destruction. This leader's name was Lucius Quinctus Cincinnatus

-It was founded after the American Revolution

-There is a distinct rivalry between the West Side and East Side. Each one has its own unique personality, shops, restaurants and more. The West Side is the more working class, affordable place to live, work and eat while the East Side is more affluent, where it's obvious people have more money

-High school sports are big here. Cincinnati cheers on its high school sports no matter the school

-The main airport for Cincinnati, the Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Airport or CVG, is located in Northern Kentucky

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-The popular backyard game of cornhole was invented right here in Cincinnati

-The Cincinnati Music Hall is haunted. On the site originally was an asylum and then later an orphanage. Many people died there over the years and it's said to this day that security guards patrolling the building will hear and see phantom parties going on in the ballroom, hear whispers, see shadows or orbs

-"Flying Pig" is a phrase heard in Cincinnati because a hog was able to escape one of the 48 pork processing plants back in the day when there were slaughterhouses up and running. This unique moniker is now used for an annual 5k race that runs through Cincinnati. It's called the Flying Pig Marathon. Because of this, you will see pig statues everywhere

-Four US presidents are from the city of Cincinnati. They are William Howard Taft, Benjamin Harrison, William Henry Harrison and Ulysses S. Grant

-1951 saw the invention of the heart-lung machine by Dr. Samuel Kaplan at the University of Cincinnati. This machine was able to allow open-heart surgery to not only be possible to perform, but also safe to perform. It would save countless lives

-The popular toy Play-Doh was invented here in Cincinnati. Its original intention was to be a wallpaper cleaner, but the company making it redesigned it in the 1950s to be the adorable and iconic toy we know today