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TIL: According to a research done in United States, 1 out of every 100 genes of white Americans comes from a Black ancestor, and up to 90% of Black Americans have at least one white ancestor.

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xVZLk TIL Teddy Roosevelt was the only US President confirmed to have had a tattoo
neM5P TIL that people on Imgur, and who post on Imgur are called "Imgurians."
ADxkg TIL about the BOKA Vanguard, is the world’s largest semi-submersible heavy lift ship and is typically used to lift offshore oil and gas structures. These pictures have to be seen to be believed as she “picks up” the cruise ship, Carnival Vista.
6En6Y We’ve been conditioned to think of Covid-19 as a respiratory disease—but it’s not just about the lungs. Evidence is emerging that the coronavirus can cause heart damage in people who’ve had mild symptoms or none at all, especially if those people exercise while they’re infected. If you've just had Covid—even if you didn't have symptoms—you need to be aware of myocarditis. That’s cardiologist-speak for what happens when the muscular walls of the heart become inflamed, weakening the organ and making it more difficult for it to pump blood. It’s not a newly discovered condition, and it turns up pretty rarely, but when it does, it’s most often triggered by an infection. Strenuous activity while the heart is weakened can cause swelling in the legs, dizziness, shortness of breath, and—in serious cases—irregular heartbeat, cardiac arrest, and sudden death.
x6Eb5 TIL that what we call black tea in english is actually called red tea (红茶 hóngchá) in China. The term black tea (黑茶 hēichá) is actually used to describe a fermented tea called Pu'er