📜 July 22: On This Day in History |  | Start your engines |  Image: History.com | Each of the following events happened on July 22. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom! - A) The world's first-ever automobile race takes place in France, with 17 of 21 entrants completing the 78.3-mile route from Paris to Rouen. The Paris-Rouen Trial would not only pave the way for all car races to come, but also help usher in the automobile age by showcasing its reliability.
- B) Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is apprehended by Wisconsin police after they spot victim Tracy Edwards running down the street in handcuffs. The officers take Edwards back to Dahmer’s apartment where, while talking, they spot Polaroid photos of dismembered bodies and arrest Dahmer.
- C) March of the Penguins, a French-made documentary about emperor penguins in Antarctica, opens in US theaters. It goes on to win an Oscar and become one of the highest-grossing documentaries in history.
- D) Colombian drug smuggler Pablo Escobar escapes from his La Catedral prison, a luxurious jail constructed by…Escobar himself. The self-imprisonment is part of a unique deal with the Colombian government, though the arrangement unravels when Escobar kills two cartel members at La Catedral.
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🐐 GOATWars: A Data-Driven Process to Determine the Best | | What's the greatest Chinese dish of all time? |  Image: GOATWars | Ordering Chinese food is easy... until everyone at the table wants something different. The most delectable Chinese dishes of all time are facing off on GOATWars to determine what belongs at the center of the table: comforting classics, crispy favorites, or takeout legends. Showdowns include: |
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📜 Answers | | A, B, D, C - A) 1894 – The world's first-ever automobile race takes place.
- B) 1991 – Wisconsin police catch serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
- D) 1992 – Pablo Escobar escapes from La Catedral prison
- C) 2005 – March of the Penguins opens in US theaters.
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