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Wednesday, 11 February 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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Tears
Basal tears production drops with age.
Especially common for women, it is a result of hormonal changes after menopause.
NASA
Apollo 13 launched on April 11th, 1970, and was forced to cancel the landing on the lunar surface (precisely on the Fra Mauro site), because of the explosion of an oxygen tank.
Fortunately, the lunar module served as a lifeboat and returned the crew safely back to Earth.
Ganymede
Ganymede's tectonic activity may have occurred in the past, but it does not occur at present.
Amber
It is made up of about 78% carbon, 10% hydrogen, and 11% oxygen.
Snow
The 1972 snow blizzard in Iran killed 4000 people.
It was the deadliest blizzard in history. At the time, 7.9 meters of snow fell, completely covering ...
Mushrooms
There are mushrooms that hunt animals.
An example of such a mushroom is the oyster mushroom. When it lacks protein, it hunts nematodes by f ...
Enceladus
During Cassini's flyby on July 14, 2005, the spacecraft found an icy volcano on the moon's south pole.
Silver
Of all metals, it has the highest electrical conductivity, greater than copper.
However, it cannot be used for the production of electrical cables because it is subject to corrosio ...
Fungi
Mycelium can communicate with trees and plants.
This communication involves a multidirectional flow of information (in the form of chemical compound ...
Phobos
Phobos is one of the two natural satellites orbiting Mars.
It is bigger than its companion, Deimos.