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TIL South Carolina is the only state where all area codes start with an 8

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lowmN TIL about Kumbh Mela, the world's largest event that brings more than 50 million into one place for a religious festival, that is more than ten times those who attend The World Cup and Olympic Games. The Hindu festival happens after every 12 years and lasts for approx 55 days.
nDnW TIL that when faced against 120 war elephants, Timur the Lame stuffed his camel’s satchels with wood/hay, lit them on fire and prodded them forward. The sight of flaming camels charging at them caused the elephants to turn around and stampede their own lines.
m1vmM TIL in 2017, Saudi Arabia accidentally printed school textbooks which included an image of Yoda sitting next to King Faisal at the signing of the U.N. Charter in 1945
NnXb TIL that a popular stuffed polar bear, located at Science Museum of Minnesota, was killed after being beaten to death by vandals at a local zoo.
0wxVN TIL that Debbie Gibson, the Pop Singer, was an extra in the movie Ghostbusters (1984). She plays a girl having a birthday party. This was before her career as a musician which began in 1986-1987.