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• ⛰️ Scaling the summit
• 🧩 New puzzles
• 🍪 GOAT cookies

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Each of the following events happened on May 29. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

• A) Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first known explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth at 29,035 feet above sea level.
• B) Danica Patrick, 23, becomes the first female driver to take the lead in the storied Indianapolis 500 with 10 laps to go. She ends up finishing in 4th place, the highest ever by a woman.
• C) Discovery becomes the first space shuttle to dock with the International Space Station. The shuttle carries a payload filled with cargo for outfitting the station.
• D) Bing Crosby records "White Christmas" for the soundtrack to his film Holiday Inn. The Oscar-winning song jingles its way to becoming one of the best-selling singles ever (~50 million copies).

Hint: “White Christmas” was #1 for nearly a dozen weeks

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Your photo isn't enough to put you behind bars in today’s Conjoiner lineup. Solve the sequence and we’ll think about letting you go.

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “Booking photo used for law enforcement records”...

Mini

Today’s mini is a storm, and you’re a boat on the ocean. Solve the puzzle by heading into a safe port.

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Sudoku

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These are the flavors of summer afternoons, pool parties, ice cream trucks, movie nights, and the exact moment your brain decides calories no longer matter. But which frozen treat deserves GOAT status?

Each vote builds your personal GOAT List, where you determine what makes the perfect icy treat: texture, flavor, convenience, or pure refreshment.

Showdowns include:

• Drumstick 🆚 Klondike Bar
• Ice Cream Sandwich 🆚 Fudgsicle
• Slushies 🆚 Snow Cones

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🍪 THE GREATEST COOKIES OF ALL TIME

1. Chocolate chip (by a huge landslide)
2. White chocolate macadamia nut
3. Oreo
4. Peanut butter
5. Snickerdoodle

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Note: Results are as of the published time; these lists are dynamic and may change.

D, A, C, B

• D) 1942 – Bing Crosby records "White Christmas," written by Irving Berlin.
• A) 1953 – Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first known explorers to summit Mount Everest.
• C) 1999 – Discovery becomes the first space shuttle to dock with the International Space Station.
• B) 2005 – Danica Patrick is the first female driver to take the lead at the Indy 500.