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TIL that there are crocodiles in the Himalayas

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x6lJ0 TIL during the Falklands War, the UK considered landing SAS troops in Hercules aircraft directly on the runway of Rio Grande airbase with the aim of destroying Argentina's Super Étendard strike fighters and their anti-ship missiles. The operation also intended to kill the pilots in their quarters.
J1L01 TIL that the world's largest video game studio is headquartered in a former textile factory
AwMg TIL Bill Paxton is the only actor to be killed by Alien, Predator and Terminator.
BrlYD TIL the Turkish sultan Alp Arslan took great pride in his archery. When a captured enemy drew his dagger and charged him, Arslan waived his guards away and drew his bow. He missed, got stabbed in the chest and died four days later from his wounds.
8a988 TIL that Kyoto was actually at the top of the list of targets for the atomic bomb, not Nagasaki nor Hiroshima. Secretary of War Henry Stimson ordered for the ancient city with its thousands of palaces, temples, and shrines to be removed from the list, but the military kept on putting it back.