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Monday, 15 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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Phobos
Phobos was photographed by the following probes: Mariner 7, Mariner 9, Viking 1, Phobos 2, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Express, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Brain
About 25% of the body's cholesterol is contained in the brain.
Milky Way
A galactic year is the period during which the Sun orbits the center of the galaxy.
It lasts about 230 - 240 million years. The solar system moves around the center of the Milky Way at an average speed of 230 km/s (828,000 km/h).
Ganymede
Ganymede is the largest moon of Jupiter and the largest moon in the solar system.
Titan
The average temperature on its surface is -179.2 degrees Celsius.
Due to the dense atmosphere and its distance from the Sun, only 1% of the amount of light that reach ...
Phobos
Phobos is believed to be an asteroid that has been intercepted by the gravitational field of Mars.
Both Phobos and Deimos share many similarities with C- or D-type asteroids.
Deimos
The area of Deimos is only 483,05 square kilometers.
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 ...
Silver
The use of silver is very wide, mainly as a precious metal.
925 silver alloyed with copper is used to make jewelry, dishes and cutlery, medals, and musical inst ...
Titan
Several of Titan’s mountains are named for mountains from J. R. R. Tolkien literature (i.e. Moria Montes), and colles (collection of hills) are named after Tolkien’s characters (i.e. Arwen).