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Wednesday, 10 December 2025
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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Liver
A healthy liver is essential for the brain to function correctly.
It is thanks to the fact that the liver controls the levels of ammonia and regulates plasma glucose ...
Aurora
In the language of the Sámi people (the native inhabitants of Lapland), the name of the aurora "guovssahasah" means "the sun shining in the sky in the morning or evening".
The Sámi people claimed that creating a song about the aurora borealis is dangerous and threatens to draw polar light on themselves, which bode inevitable death.
Titan
So far, more than 80 lakes have been discovered on its surface.
The seas and lakes of Titan are filled with liquid hydrocarbons.
Enceladus
The average density of Enceladus is 1.61 g/cm3.
NASA
The Super Soaker squirt gun, a popular toy, was invented by a NASA scientist.
Mushrooms
Mycelium may become visible to the naked eye, for example, on various surfaces and substrates such as damp walls or spoiled food.
Myceliums grown on solid substrates are referred to as colonies. Some individual colonies can reach ...
Earth
In terms of size, the Earth ranks fifth among the planets in the solar system.
The equatorial radius of the Earth is 6.378,137 km.
Mushrooms
Multicellular organisms are the most numerous group among fungi, but there are also single-celled fungi, like yeast.
A distinctive feature of fungi is the cell walls built of chitin. The fungus cell can be mononuclear ...
NASA
After the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011, NASA began the development of the Commercial Crew Program (CCP).
It is a joint program with private corporations—SpaceX, Boeing, and the Sierra Nevada. SpaceX provid ...
Aurora
There are two types of auroras: northern - Aurora Borealis, and southern - Aurora Australis.