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Chicago’s Running of the Bulls

ARRIBA!

Two entrepreneurs bring Pamplona’s fury to Illinois, where a racetrack substitutes stands in for 12th-century streets. The thrill is just the same.

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Why would anyone deliberately get in the way of a 1,500-pound beast running at 35mph? Even more puzzling, why would they pay for the privilege? The long answer has to do with humanity’s psychological need to defy death, and the chemical rush that comes from doing so.

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