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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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LkOOP TIL The day after John Lennon was murdered David Bowie was appearing in the play The Elephant Man. Chapman had a front-row ticket to play that night. John and Yoko were supposed to sit front for that show too. So the night after John was killed there were three empty seats in the front row.
x6VLB TIL of the 2000 year old Fayum mummy portraits that depicted deceased individuals in near realist style portraits.
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9Ybn6 TIL in 1941 the grandmother of Martin Luther King fell down and became unresponsive. MLK blamed himself and attempting suicide by jumping from a second story window
xNVb TIL: In 2002, Pepsi ran a contest to win a car by giving keys to those who purchased the drink. Pepsi then sued the man who finally opened it as there was no right key, making it impossible to win.