Born and raised in STL...Birthplace of Harry Carry, Vincent Price, Redd Foxx, Betty Grable, John Goodman, Kevin Kline, Chuck Berry, Yogi Berra, Elston Howard, T.S. Eliot, 7UP, and Ryan Howard...Home to some of the best Italian Restaurants in the US(ask Tommy Lasorda). St. Louisans consume more barbecue than any other US city...In 1904 St. Louis held not only the World's Fair but also the 3rd Summer Olympiad, the first time the Games were held in the U.S....Saint Louis University is the oldest University west of the Mississippi, founded in 1818..In 1900 St Louis' population was greater than that of Chicago's...Home of Schottzie's Pizza, so good that after Wayne Gretzky relocated to NY, he used to order pizza from Schottzie's and have them put the pizzas on dry ice and have them shipped to his home....true dat.
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