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Sunday, 31 May 2026
13 facts about tears
13 facts about tears
Multipurpose liquid
Associated with emotions, tears are a product of lacrimal glands, found in the eyes of most terrestrial vertebrates. Although their primary function i ...

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Anorexia Nervosa
Despite the literal translation of the term, the feeling of hunger is very often present in a person with this disorder.
Pathological control of this feeling, the need to eat, is a source of satisfaction for the patient.
Aurora
There are two types of auroras: northern - Aurora Borealis, and southern - Aurora Australis.
Cosmos
Each object in the sky is observed with a delay.
The farther away the celestial body is from the observer, the longer the light emitted or reflected ...
Brain
Even though it accounts for only 2% of body weight, it uses about 20% of the energy produced by the body.
Phobos
It’s named after a Greek deity.
Phobos was a son of Ares, a god of war. Ares is a counterpart of Mars from Roman mythology.
Titan
The average temperature on its surface is -179.2 degrees Celsius.
Due to the dense atmosphere and its distance from the Sun, only 1% of the amount of light that reach ...
Silver
The use of silver is very wide, mainly as a precious metal.
925 silver alloyed with copper is used to make jewelry, dishes and cutlery, medals, and musical inst ...
Moon
The Moon's atmosphere consists of 25 percent helium, 25 percent neon, 23percent hydrogen, 20 percent argon and residual amounts of methane, ammonia and carbon dioxide.
lava
The most common type of lava in Hawaii and Iceland is pahoehoe.
It is also known as "smooth, unbroken lava". It is characterized by low viscosity, a large amount of ...
Deimos
The dimensions of Deimos are 15 x 12 x 10.4 km.
Due to its small size, it is not a spherical object.