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TIL many voiceover actors working remotely still use ISDN lines to transmit the audio. The quality is almost perfect and ISDN allows for real time transmission of audio to the destination, rather than needing to record first then send a file

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p8pZ4 TIL of NASA's upcoming Dragonfly mission, in which NASA will launch a nuclear powered drone weighing half a ton to Saturn's moon Titan. The plan is that the nuclear powered drone will fly around on Titan, scouting its terrain while searching for complex and prebiotic chemistry.
yV5eV Til about the Gladbeck Hostage Crisis, when a bus was highjacked in August 1988 after an armed bank raid in Gladbeck, West Germany, and the German media reporters apparently helped the kidnappers during the crime to get a good story
dD07d TIL about the adverse possession, a common law whereby you can claim ownership of a property if you squat there for long enough provided you meet some other conditions.
WkVA9 TIL Pink Floyd is inducted into the National Association of Brick Distributors' Hall of Fame for their services to the brick industry through their 1979 album, "The Wall".
a8de0 TIL the Dewey Decimal system reserves 999 for history of "extraterrestrial worlds"