Science

Phobos is a very small moon. Its dimensions are 26.8 x 21 x 18.4 km.

There are no nerve receptors in the brain that register pain, so it does not feel it.

It carries out over 500 vital functions, of which approximately 200 are performed simultaneously.

The largest tectonic plate is the Pacific one, covering an area of 103 million square kilometers.

The liver can regenerate.

Several of Titan’s mountains are named for mountains from J. R. R. Tolkien literature (i.e. Moria Montes), and colles (collection of hills) are named after Tolkien’s characters (i.e. Arwen).

There are geyser-like fissures on the surface of Enceladus that eject streams of water vapor and dust into its atmosphere at speeds of about 400 m/s.

Nicotine may have a therapeutic effect in patients with neurodegenerative brain diseases.

Nicotine is a natural insecticide.

Baltic amber has been found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs.