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TIL that early exposure to stressful NICU environments, including noise and bright lights, may result in adults born prematurely having increased sensitivity to sensory stimuli, emotional challenges, and a greater risk of ADHD.

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4ANR TIL: Since 1969, the United States has only had a balanced budget five times, four of which happened during the last four years of the Clinton administration.
WEeo TIL: In 1492, the Catholic monarchs of Spain issued a decree banning all Jews from Spain. Sultan Bayezid (a Muslim) then sent the Ottoman navy to Spain to rescue the Jews from the Spanish persecution.
xnG5 TIL Chuck Palahniuk submitted his first novel, Invisible Monsters to publishers who rejected the novel saying they were disturbed by its content. Palahniuk then began work on another novel to disturb them further. That book was Fight Club.
Z875G TIL that between 1974 and 1984 a pro-paedophile activist group called the Paedophile Information Exchange campaigned openly in the UK to abolish the age of consent and even spoke on national television about their views on sexual contact with underage children
epWB6 TIL that until 1976, the US Army shared responsibility with the Marines for transporting the President by helicopter. When crewed by their personnel, the aircraft was known as "Army One".