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Sunday, 10 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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Phobos
Some even speculate that this body may not come from a nearby asteroid belt, but from the outer regions of the Solar System.
The most recent theory proposes that both Phobos and Deimos shared a common progenitor that shattered upon collision with another object, forming two Mars satellites.
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Titan
Titan orbits Saturn every 15 days and 22 hours. Rotation around its axis is synchronized with the cycle period.
It travels around the planet at an average speed of 5.57 km/s, approaching it at its periapsis for a distance of 1,186,680 km and distancing at apoapsis for a distance of 1,257,060 km.
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Silver
Silver is also used in medicine. Its healing properties were already described by Hippocrates.
Its importance in medicine lies in the use of strong antibacterial properties. Before antibiotics were available, silver compounds were used to prevent infections during World War I.
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Nicotine
Nicotine is well absorbed through the skin.
This fact is used in the fight against smoking addiction by using patches soaked in it. There are ca ...
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Mushrooms
Most fungi develop as hyphae, which are cylindrical, filamentous structures 2-10 µm in diameter and up to a few centimeters long.
The hyphae branch, merge, which leads to the formation of mycelium, which is an interconnected netwo ...
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Phobos
Phobos rises on the western side of the Martian sky and traverses it for 4 hours and 15 minutes before setting in the east.
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Earth
Although it's hard to believe, the Earth's crust consists of 47 percent oxygen.
It is trapped in the soil in the form of various oxides, the most common of which are: silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, and iron oxide.
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lava
Pumice is formed from acidic varieties of lava.
It is a volcanic magma rock composed of porous volcanic glaze (more than 50% pores), formed from hig ...
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Moon
The Moon has a residual atmosphere whose pressure is 3×10-15 bar.
Its entire atmosphere weighs only 10 tons.
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NASA
The historical landing was a part of the Apollo 11 mission.
On July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong walked on the lunar surface as the first human in history. Edwin ...
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17 facts about Titan
17 facts about Titan
The largest of Saturn’s satellites
Titan is the only moon in the Solar System with such a dense atmosphere. It is the second largest moon in the Solar System after Ganymede (Jupiter III ...
18 facts about amber
18 facts about amber
Fossilized tree resin
Amber is one of the most interesting natural products. It looks like a gemstone, but it is a fossilized tree resin from ancient trees dating back mill ...
16 facts about liver
16 facts about liver
24/7 laboratory
The liver is one of the most essential human organs. It is extensively multitasking—it produces, filtrates, converts, and stores. It is thanks to the ...
29 facts about NASA
29 facts about NASA
For the Benefit of All
The Cold War, although a grim period in world history, brought an intense rivalry in a space race between the U.S., and the Soviet Union. As a result, ...
16 facts about Aurora
16 facts about Aurora
Northern light that has delighted people for centuries
Auroras can be different. Sometimes it is bright and dancing, shimmering with different colors, sometimes it appears still. It has always fascinated p ...
19 facts about Brain
19 facts about Brain
Organic supercomputer
The brain is one of the most important and most fascinating and complex organs in the human body. It is an incredibly plastic command center that over ...
16 facts about Phobos
16 facts about Phobos
The larger of two moons of Mars
We do not know the exact origin of this satellite. We know, however, that it is dangerously close to its planet and is in for a catastrophe. It is not ...
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