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TIL that a comic was written in the ‘80s where Joker thinks he kills Batman. The result is that the Joker regains his sanity, and begins a normal life before returning to crime.

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nWayW TIL that Michelle McNamara--the True Crime author whose writing gave the Golden State Killer his name, but who tragically passed away before seeing the killer brought to justice--was also the wife of comedian Patton Oswalt, who voiced Remy (the rat) from Ratatouille.
47DX TIL France owns a small island off the coast of Newfoundland that is entirely comprised of rock (St. Pierre). The streets are carved into the rock, and instead of cemeteries, inhabitants carved tombs into the island which are there to this day.
85KP TIL that after the US fought Britain, president George Washington vowed never to set foot in London again , so when Virginia gifted a statue of the president to Britain, they also included soil from Virginia to place under the statue.
OZn7 TIL a filmmaker, in order to expose “the general absurdity of what we all believe,” became a fake spiritual guru and ended up with a real group of followers who called him “the living embodiment of the divine.”
P1axZ TIL that 650 soldiers created a beautiful tribute to thank WWI War Horses and Donkeys. About eight million horses, and countless mules, and donkeys were lost in the war. The photo was taken by the officers in the Auxiliary Remount Dept. No.326 in Camp Cody, New Mexico in 1915.