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VMZJ8 TIL that the most expensive new car ever sold is the Bugatti La Voiture Noire in 2019, which was sold at $18.7 million and its pretax price stands at €11 million or $12.3 million
J1LAl TIL about Ken McElroy an American criminal and convicted attempted murderer who resided in Skidmore, Missouri, United States. He was known as "the town bully", and his unsolved killing became the focus of international attention. Brad Wesley, in the 1989 action movie Road House, is based on him.
jDLR TIL that Delilah from the song “Hey There Delilah” is a real person and actually attended the grammys when the song was nominated for multiple awards
6VoJ TIL that Carlos Hathcock, USMC in Vietnam, crawled inch by inch, 1500 yards for 72hours straight to assassinate an NVA General, narrowly escaping being bitten by a viper, and almost being stepped on by a NVA soldier. He successfully completed the mission, and escaped the same way he had entered.
N7ZP1 TIL the Union Army tried to invade Texas with 5000 men during the Civil War. The defending confederate side was only comprised of 50 Irishmen. The defenders killed or captured over 200 union soldiers, destroyed 2 gunboats and suffered no losses themselves and received Irish styled medals as a reward