Facebook's Oldest User, 105, Gets a New Car From Mystery Donor

Not many Facebook users can claim they learned to drive on a Ford Model T, but 105-year-old Edythe Kirchmaier is a centenarian with millennial tendencies.

These days, though, you'll find Kirchmaier cruising around Santa Barbara, Calif., in a brand new Honda Civic. An anonymous person gave her the car upon learning that troubles with her 1997 Dodge Caravan prevented Kirchmaier from her passion — volunteering with the charity Direct Relief

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Kirchmaier has volunteered with the organization on a weekly basis for the past 40 years and participated in relief work since World War I, Direct Relief spokeswoman Kerri Murray told Mashable. Read more...

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