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TIL all of our terrestrial radio and television broadcasts become indistinguishable from background noise at only a few light years away from the Earth thanks to the inverse square law

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p8b7G TIL that German industrial metal band Rammstein has had the same members since its formation in 1994. This is because they've respected each others' wishes to take breaks, whether for personal reasons or to focus on side projects.
4k0oR TIL the name "Chilean seabass" was invented by a fish wholesaler named Lee Lantz in 1977. He was looking for a name to make the Patagonian toothfish attractive to the American market. In 1994, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted "Chilean seabass" as an "alternative market name" for it.
lo461 TIL that overzealous organ-donation companies removing body parts before an autopsy have made multiple causes of death have become impossible to determine
OoJ4Y TIL Rock Your Body and other songs were originally given to Michael Jackson for his 2001 album Invincible, but he turned it down. The rejected songs ended up on Justin Timberlake's debut album.
Mep9a TIL about the Digital Wellbeing feature offered by android, wherein you can, among other things, switch on Focus Mode with distracting apps paused, keep track of time spent on apps, have work related apps switched off at home and do many other things to manage your time and mind space.