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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.

1aOdP TIL that Mike Tyson was only 23 when he lost to Buster Douglas. He was already 37-0 before losing to the 42-1 underdog.
4XBR TIL that Rush Limbaugh used his show’s theme - the bassline from “My City Was Gone”, by The Pretenders, without permission. When the song’s writer found out, she demanded that her royalties from Rush’s use of the song be donated to PETA.
ADLkd TIL when the '79 fullsize Chryslers were being launched, the quality engineering department estimated that there would be 1077 defects per 100 cars built.
Y7vjG TIL the guy who took pics of Einstein's office right after his death used a bottle of scotch as bribe to get into the room
Me4QB TIL Alexander Graham Bell considered his most famous invention an intrusion on his real work as a scientist and refused to have a telephone in his study.