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... that mountaineer Barry Bishop, a member of the first American team to summit Mount Everest, lost all his toes to frostbite during the ascent?
... that Beaver Creek State Park in Ohio, United States, is home to both Little Beaver Creek, a National Scenic River, and a restored 1837 mill?
... that Union Army Paymaster General Benjamin Brice changed the recruitment of deputy paymasters from being political nominees to ones who passed examinations?
... that General Benjamin Tupper's horse was killed under him at the Battle of Monmouth during the American Revolutionary War?

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