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Monday, 15 September 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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Cosmos
The early universe lasted from 1 picosecond for 370.000 years.
During the first stages of this period, it was still too hot for the elements to form spontaneously ...
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Silver
The words "silver" and "money" sound identical in at least 14 languages around the world.
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Milky Way
Within a radius of 200 thousand, There are as many as 22 galaxies light years from the Milky Way.
All these objects are within the range of the Milky Way's gas halo and are its satellites. The largest of them are the Large Magellanic Cloud, SagDEG, Ursa Major II, and Toucan II.
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Graphene
Graphene has the potential to replace silicon in many applications.
Graphene can be used to create microprocessors a thousand times more efficient than those we know to ...
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Amber
A trade route between the North Sea, the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, was called an Amber Road.
It was established to transport amber between Northern and Southern Europe.
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Cosmos
Each object in the sky is observed with a delay.
The farther away the celestial body is from the observer, the longer the light emitted or reflected ...
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Liver
Drinking caffeinated beverages, especially green tea and coffee, benefits the well-being of the liver.
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Titan
There are three seas on its surface.
The largest–Kraken Mare–has an area of 400,000 square kilometers, Ligeia Mare has an area of 126,000 ...
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Enceladus
Underneath the icy crust is an ocean of liquid water 75 kilometers deep.
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Nicotine
Nicotine may have a therapeutic effect in patients with neurodegenerative brain diseases.
This is because nicotine affects not only acetylcholine but also other neurotransmitters, especially ...
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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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