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• ⛰️ Inca trail
• 🧩 New puzzles
• 🍽️ GOAT Chinese dishes

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Each of the following events happened on July 24. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

• A) American history scholar Hiram Bingham gets his first look at the ruins of Machu Picchu, an ancient Inca settlement in Peru that’s now one of the world’s top tourist destinations. Machu Picchu is believed to have been a summer retreat for ancient Inca leaders, with its existence known and preserved by local Indigenous families.
• B) US cyclist Lance Armstrong wins a record-setting seventh consecutive Tour de France and retires from the sport. He would later have his titles stripped and receive a lifetime ban for performance-enhancing drug use.
• C) After 17 months and many miles of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 pioneers into Utah’s Valley of the Great Salt Lake. The pioneers soon begin preparations for the thousands of followers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (aka Mormons) who would soon follow.
• D) Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg’s World War II epic, is released in theaters. The film, starring Tom Hanks and Matt Damon, is nominated for 11 Academy Awards and ends up winning five Oscars, including Best Director.

Hint: Private Ryan had 3 older brothers, all KIA

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Today's Conjoiner is standing where paths meet. The direction you take to solve the sequence is up to you.

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “Place where two or more roads intersect”...

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Some soups are a meal. Some fix a bad day. Some are the only thing you want when it's freezing outside. And that's why this argument never ends.

The greatest soups of all time are facing off on GOATWars, where you decide what belongs in the ultimate bowl: comfort, richness, nostalgia, or bold flavor.

Showdowns include:

• Chicken Nnoodle 🆚 Tomato soup
• French onion 🆚 Lobster bisque
• Clam chowder 🆚 Ramen

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🍜 THE GREATEST CHINESE DISHES OF ALL TIME

1. General Tso’s chicken
2. Orange chicken
3. Fried rice
4. Dumplings
5. Egg rolls

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

C, A, D, B

• C) 1847 – Brigham Young arrives with 148 pioneers at Utah’s Valley of the Great Salt Lake.
• A) 1911 – Hiram Bingham gets his first look at the ruins of Machu Picchu.
• D) 1998 – Saving Private Ryan is released in US theaters.
• B) 2005 – Lance Armstrong wins a record-setting seventh consecutive Tour de France title.

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