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Monday, 11 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
Anorexia is the most common among young people and teenagers.
It is most common in girls and young women, although recently the disorder has been increasingly obs ...
NASA
Since 2017, NASA, in collaboration with ESA, JAXA, and CSA, has been working on the Artemis program.
The program aims to reestablish a human presence on the Moon with the usage of the Space Launch Syst ...
NASA
The first NASA Space Shuttle, Columbia, at the end of its final flight on February 1st, 2003, disintegrated upon reentry, which resulted in the death of all seven members of the crew.
lava
Underwater eruption produces pillow lava.
It cools very quickly and splits into ellipsoidal, usually flattened lobes resembling pillows or loa ...
NASA
In 1997, NASA, in collaboration with ESA and ASI (Italy), launched the Cassini-Huygens space-research mission.
Commonly referred to as Cassini, its goal was to study Saturn, its rings, and natural satellites. Ca ...
Snow
On average, snowflakes are about five millimeters in diameter and weigh about four milligrams.
As temperatures rise, snowflakes become larger as the crystals thaw and then stick together to form ...
Tears
Tears are distributed evenly by blinking.
Enceladus
Enceladus was discovered by William Herschel on August 28, 1789.
Fungi
There are fungi that hunt animals.
An example of such a mushroom is the oyster mushroom. If it lacks protein, it hunts for nematodes by ...
Enceladus
There are geyser-like fissures on the surface of Enceladus that eject streams of water vapor and dust into its atmosphere at speeds of about 400 m/s.
The ejected material rises to an altitude of 1500 km above the moon's surface.