→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut The Truth About the Bermuda Triangle https://youtu.be/R-KBDzDkjQc?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2R3jSa-iTHRruVczfaZ234 Why Black Friday is Called Black Friday https://youtu.be/wpXitab7Teo?list=PLR0XuDegDqP156fo5WoNrzByZHiDO-XS_ In this video: The Great Chicago Fire destroyed 3.3 square miles of Chicago, Illinois, burning for two days in 1871—between October 8th and October 10th. It killed hundreds of people, left more than 100,000 homeless (nearly one third of Chicago’s residents at the time), destroyed roughly 17,000 buildings, and caused a couple hundred million of dollars in damage (about $4-$5 billion today). Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/05/how-the-great-chicago-fire-started/ Sources: http://www.history.com/topics/great-chicago-fire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chicago_Fire http://www.thechicagofire.com/ http://education.nationalgeographic.com.au/education/news/chicago-fire-1871-and-great-rebuilding/?ar_a=1 http://greatchicagofire.org/oleary-legend