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Saturday, 25 April 2026
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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Liver
The 10% of the liver is fat.
Exceeding that amount, which is called a fatty liver, may lead to type 2 diabetes, in consequence.
Snow
Snowflakes fall relatively slowly, at about four kilometers per hour.
On average, heavy rainfall falls at about 20 kilometers per hour, and hail can reach much higher spe ...
Large Magellanic Cloud
It is located in the constellation of Dorado and Mensa.
NASA
Apollo 13 launched on April 11th, 1970, and was forced to cancel the landing on the lunar surface (precisely on the Fra Mauro site), because of the explosion of an oxygen tank.
Fortunately, the lunar module served as a lifeboat and returned the crew safely back to Earth.
Earth
The lowest point on our planet is the Mariana Trench.
The depth of the trench located in the Pacific Ocean at its lowest point is 10.924 m below sea level ...
Titan
The first probe near Titan was Voyager 1.
The flight took place on November 12th, 1980. Several photos were taken from a distance of 4,000 km, ...
Snow
The 1972 snow blizzard in Iran killed 4000 people.
It was the deadliest blizzard in history. At the time, 7.9 meters of snow fell, completely covering ...
Brain
Involving your brain in activities that involve solving logical problems reduces the likelihood of developing dementia by approximately 63%.
For health reasons, you should therefore perform as many tasks as possible involving the brain. Read ...
Fungi
Most fungi develop as hyphae, which are cylindrical, thread-like structures 2-10 µm in diameter and up to several centimeters long.
The hyphae branch and connect, which leads to the formation of mycelium, which is an interconnected ...
Large Magellanic Cloud
Between the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, there is a belt of hydrogen that connects both galaxies.
There are numerous stars inside the gas belt, concentrating in two places in the belt in the so-call ...