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TIL In 1800 64% of jobs were agricultural, 22% industrial and 14% services, in 2012 it was 3%, 21% and 76% of services

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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.
7WKM TIL that the Dutch have a word, “swaffelen,” or, as it was told to me, “zwaffelen,” for the act of smacking one’s penis repeatedly against an object.
69yJ7 TIL in January 1991 20 year old downhill skier Gernot Reinstadler passed away after freak accident involving his skis and safety netting. In front of a large crowd he was essentially torn in two at the pelvis, leaving a train of blood and entrails behind in the snow.
dDaEK TIL That the 5:30 "Alley Fight" scene in They Live actually had 5:00 taken OUT of it!
16v6d TIL there's a species of jellyfish that's practically immortal