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TIL the largest action of the American War of Independence was actually the Great Siege of Gibraltar (1779-1783) by a combined French & Spanish force, showing how the Thirteen Colonies were merely one theatre of a much wider war.

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GYQYQ TIL that in 1942 an RAF pilot flew to occupied Paris, dropped a huge French flag over the Arc de Triomphe, then shot up Gestapo HQ. It was done to cheer up the French and annoy the Germans.
R5gaa TIL from 1900 to 1920, tug of war was a sanctioned Olympic sport.
v1kw8 TIL about the D.C. sniper attacks. A coordinated sniper attack in 2002, in which the shooters used a “ rolling sniper nest” in the trunk of a car. This resulted in 10 people losing their lives and 3 critically injured.
W7bE9 TIL war elephants were used by the British during World War II, though only for non-combat purposes. They were used in Burma in both retreat and liberation.
M76eb TIL there are glaciers in tropical Indonesia.