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Saturday, 2 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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Amber
Amber is associated with good luck and protection.
In some cultures, amber necklaces are gifted as good luck charms, to newborn babies to protect them from diseases, or as a marriage gift that represents eternal love.
NASA
The Apollo program launched 11 crew missions between 1968 and 1972.
Out of 11, four were test flights, six ended up delivering men to the Moon, and one had failed to accomplish its goal.
Aurora
The color of the aurora depends on the height at which the atoms are colliding, and the type of atom.
If the collision is with nitrogen, we see the color purple and maroon. Collision with oxygen gives g ...
Titan
Most of the dunes are located near the equator.
They stretch for hundreds of kilometers, and their height reaches 100 meters. Unlike Earth’s, Titan’s dunes are made of organic compounds.
Moon
The Moon's core consists of a solid part made mainly of iron and a semi-liquid part surrounding it.
The solid core has a diameter of 240 km and the semi-liquid core has a diameter of about 330 km.
Graphene
Polish science contributed to the discovery and revolutionization of graphene production methods.
The key date is 2011 when the Institute of Electronic Materials Technology together with the Faculty ...
Enceladus
Enceladus' geysers are the main source of material in Saturn's E ring.
This material also reaches Saturn's atmosphere, where water from the Enceladus eruption can be found.
Fungi
Fungi live in symbiosis with microorganisms, higher plants and animals.
They form mycorrhiza with many plants (coexistence of roots or seeds of vascular plants with fungi) ...
Snow
Snow is formed from the finest droplets of over-cooled water in clouds.
These droplets attach themselves to nuclei of crystallization, which can be, for example, dust parti ...
Fungi
In the past, mushrooms were considered a part of the plant world, a group of fungi.
It was suggested that they had a limited ability to move, their type of growth, and their morphologi ...