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Thursday, 28 August 2025
13 facts about Deimos
13 facts about Deimos
A smaller moon of Mars
Deimos is a smaller and more distant Martian moon. Its diameter is only 12.4 km, although it is difficult to talk about the diameter in the case of su ...

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Mushrooms
Once mushrooms were included in the world of plants, a group of Thallophytes.
Their limited ability to move, growth type, and morphological dissimilarity from animals have been s ...
Silver
Silver has been used in photographic technology.
It is used there to obtain silver halides (primarily silver bromide) used as photosensitive substances.
Fungi
The largest group of fungi are multicellular organisms, but there are also single-cell fungi, such as yeast.
A characteristic feature of fungi is their cell wall made of chitin. A fungal cell may be mononuclea ...
Brain
About 25% of the body's cholesterol is contained in the brain.
Tears
The human eye produces up to about 115 liters of tears annually.
Graphene
It can be said that graphite is composed of single planes, layers of one carbon atom thick, and graphene, arranged one above the other.
The term “graphene” appeared in the 1960s. In 1961-1962, Hans-Peter Boehm published a study of extre ...
lava
Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has risen to the surface as a result of an eruption.
The hot, molten mass of silicates and aluminosilicates, mixed with oxides and sulfides, with large amounts of water and gases, formed lava as it rose to the surface.
NASA
In 1973 NASA launched the Skylab mission.
Its purpose was to set up the first American space station. Skylab successfully operated from May 14th, 1973 to July 11th, 1979, when it disintegrated into the atmosphere.
Liver
It carries out over 500 vital functions, of which approximately 200 are performed simultaneously.
Fungi
Fungi were considered a separate kingdom, more closely related to animals than to plants.
This was determined based on phylogeny (origin), biochemistry, and anatomy. Fungi are considered to ...