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TIL Ford's first car, a 1903 Model A with an original price of $850, sold at auction in 2012 for $264,000. This specific car was the third 1903 Model A made by Ford and is the oldest known surviving Ford car. The buyer was William Clay Ford Jr, the great-grandson of Ford founder Henry Ford.

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loL8G TIL that the earliest record of a named cat is from over 3400 years in Egypt, his name was "Nedjem" which means sweet or pleasant.
9Y4Q7 TIL about the ghost village Epecuén (Argentina) and it's sole inhabitant, Pablo Novak. The once touristic town became uninhabitable after a flood slowly consumed it in 1985. The waters began to recede in 2009 and Novak (now 90 years old) returned to the home of his youth to live alone with his dogs.
R7V1Q TIL: In the opening credits of Gilligan’s Island, as the SS Minnow sails out of the harbor, flags can be seen in the background flying at half-staff given that the filming of the show’s pilot took place the week of the JFK assassination.
xVPY7 TIL Charles Lindbergh fathered six children with three different women in Germany. He was able to keep fact hidden from the children, his wife, and the news for 10 years after his death.
wo7po TIL that the Village of Huescar in Spain fought a 172 Year War with Denmark. During the Napoleonic Wars, Spanish towns resisting the French were semi-independent. Huescar had just 8 guards, but declared war on Pro-French Denmark, then forgot about it until 1981. Denmark ended the war with a treaty.