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Sunday, 1 March 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.
Earth
It is similar with the oceans - depending on the divisions, there are from three to five of them.
We distinguish oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic. The basic ones are considere ...
Amber
Baltic amber has been found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs.
Scientists claim amber was supposed to represent the tears of Ra—the Egyptian god of the Sun.
NASA
NASA has been sued for trespassing on Mars.
Three men from Yemen sued NASA in 1997 claiming that the agency trespassed on their property. They based their claim on the fact that Mars was given to them by their ancestors over 3,000 years ago.
Mushrooms
Mycelium are able to communicate with trees, plants.
This communication involves the multidirectional flow of information (in the form of chemical compou ...
Enceladus
The results of the study of data provided by the Cosmic Dust Analyzer spectrometer on board the Cassini spacecraft showed that among the material fired by Enceladus' geysers, there are organic compounds that create amino acids.
Moon
The period when the moon orbits the Earth is called a sidereal month, and it lasts 27,3 days.
Fungi
The science of mushrooms is mycology.
Mycologists have developed several systems of classifying fungi.A less official classification group ...
Graphene
Already in the 19th century, scientists speculated that graphite was composed of layers.
This was only proven through research at the beginning of the 20th century, In 1947, the first theor ...
Nicotine
Research shows that nicotine (cigarette smoking) may protect against the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
Under the influence of nicotine, patients become aroused, have better memory and greater motor skill ...