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TIL babies born to mothers who used heroin while pregnant are given tinctures of opium to treat their withdrawal

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awXBJ TIL that in May of 2020, Gui Khury, a 11 year old Brazilian skateboarding prodigy successfully completed the first 1080 on a vert ramp. For reference, Tony Hawk was 31 when he landed the 900 in 1999.
6eOQ TIL that there is no such thing as a ‘triangle player’ in an orchestra. The guy playing the triangle is called a percussionist, and must master at least 35 different instruments.
OoWM7 TIL the US agriculture industry was using an arsenic additive for chicken feed up until 2011, and at its peak 1000 tons of it were produced every year. The FDA finally banned its use in 2015, four years after the industry stopped using it.
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.
D9ge TIL a cat named Limberbutt McCubbins is running for president with the slogan, “The Time is Meow.”