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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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9YO5X TIL former Manchester United player Patrice Evra has 23 brothers and sisters
x6bYw TIL that Dr. Evan O'Neill Kane, who had removed his own appendix, was the first surgeon to bring music into the operating room
KYLZE TIL senior citizen Emerich Juettner eluded the US Secret Service for 10 years while he used just enough poorly created counterfeit $1 bills (one version misspelled Washington) to support himself & his dog. He only used fake $1 bills one at a time & never to the same place twice. He'd serve 4 months.
e0Jak TIL that, unlike adult cataracts, which can be removed after years and normal eyesight is restored, severe pediatric cataracts must be treated within weeks or the brain will learn to permanently ignore the defective eye.
E1Nb7 TIL the highest grossing basketball movie of all time is Space Jam