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... that Chief Joseph and his warriors defeated the U.S. Army in 1877 at the Battle of Cottonwood as the Nez Perce began their 1,400 mile (2,300 km) fighting retreat?
... that William Jones bequeathed money to the Company of Haberdashers to found Monmouth School and provide almhouses for people "as blind and lame as it shall seem best to them"?
... that during the Sino-Xiongnu War, the Han empire attempted alliance with a people (pictured) whose king's skull the Xiongnu had made into a drinking cup?

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