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TIL the sound pressure levels produced by crying children is between 99-120db, and can cause noise-induced hearing loss in a parental guardian

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nW5XB TIL Herbert Hoover was the first President to be born west of the Mississippi River.
rRL7o TIL: Encyclopedia Britannica was the oldest continuously published reference source in the English language. The last printed edition was published in 2010. The publisher was at that time 244 years old.
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