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TIL that agressive marching step is called Goose Step

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v1Jrx TIL that King Alexander of Greece was killed by a monkey when he attempted to break up a fight between his dog and the monkey. In the middle of breaking the fight up, he was bitten by another monkey and later died of his wounds. He was only 27.
pAnN TIL Oregon state has a lake that drains every winter into a lava tube, turns into a meadow during the spring, and then turns back in to a lake in time for summer
YwVZ TIL In 1979, following the disappearance of Dallas Eggbert, the popular role-playing game “Dungeons & Dragons” became the subject of a modern witch hunt called the “Satanic Panic”
ZDlQ TIL that several times in the Batman series, the Joker has become temporarily sane. In these brief moments, he has expressed extreme regret for his actions (Also he has killed over 2,000 people)
9KEm TIL the Middle East used to be covered in vast forests, but was deforested for building projects causing erosion that turned much of the area into desert.