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TIL flow is the mental state in which a person is completely absorbed in an activity, resulting in a loss of their sense of space and time.

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gM7PL TIL the word potassium is derived from the pre-industrial era method of obtaining the element: soaking plant ashes in a pot
Y7vXG TIL Stephen King wrote The Running Man in a single week. This is in contrast to his normal 2,000-word or 10-page daily output, so that writing a novel normally takes him approximately 3 months.
1gW TIL that Lofoten in Norway is north of the Arctic Circle. Yet because of the largest positive temperature anomaly in the world relative to latitude it is teeming with life and has the largest deep water coral reef in the word.
nWG6d TIL Same-Sex Behavior is common among 1,500 animal species (everything from mammals to crabs and worms). It has consistently been underreported and rarely published even though it is widespread and natural in the animal kingdom.
awPyZ TIL A train station in Japan had plans to close but noticed a student was the only one using it. They decided to keep it operational until she graduated!