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TIL that Ransom E. Olds created the first mass-produced car, the Oldsmobile Curved Dash. After being forced out of the company, he founded another company based on his initials, REO. They created a car that was the ancestor of the pickup truck, called the Speed Wagon.

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gYNA TIL: 65-85% of white cats with two blue eyes go deaf.
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