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Wednesday, 15 April 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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Large Magellanic Cloud
In 964, the Persian astronomer Al Sufi observed the galaxy and named it Al Bakr, which means "The White Ox".
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Tears
Insincere or inauthentic regret is called “crocodile tears.”
The term derived from a belief that crocodiles cry to lure and devour their prey. It is untrue, howe ...
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Earth
The Earth, like all planets in space, is doomed to destruction.
Life on the surface of our planet has been wiped out many times by great cataclysms called great ext ...
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Brain
An adult brain can store the equivalent of 2.5 million gigabytes of information.
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Ganymede
Ganymede has a larger diameter than Mercury and is 5268 km.
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Large Magellanic Cloud
The Large Magellanic Cloud will collide with the Milky Way in about 2.4 billion years.
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Moon
The Moon always faces the Earth with the same side.
This is because our natural satellite is in synchronous rotation with the Earth. A long time ago, th ...
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Aurora
Australians prefer to use the more accessible term - "southern lights" instead of Aurora Australis.
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Brain
Even though it accounts for only 2% of body weight, it uses about 20% of the energy produced by the body.
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Silver
Silver also has the highest thermal conductivity, the brightest color, and the highest light reflectance among metals for visible light.
Aluminum (Al) reflects ultraviolet light even more.
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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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