Skin is the body’s largest organ, making up about 16% of your body weight—and it’s constantly renewing itself. You shed nearly a million skin cells every day.
Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the Ottoman Empire on May 29, 1453. This event marked the end of the Byzantine Empire and is considered one of the key events that signified the end of the Middle Ages.
Ketchup was originally sold as a medicine in the 1830s. It was marketed as a cure for various ailments before becoming the popular condiment we know today.
Butterflies have good eyesight within 10-12 feet, but any farther, things look blurry. They also must rely on ultraviolet colors (invisible to the human eye) to find mates and the right flowers.
Astronomers found white dwarf-main sequence binaries in young star clusters using machine learning and Gaia data. The 52 candidates provide insights into stellar evolution, Type Ia supernovae, and gravitational waves, linking early and late binary star p
Have you ever wondered why rats are always being used in laboratory experiments? Yes, rats are not only highly intelligent animals, but they also have great memories too. Rats are able to map out a room and will remember all of the routes to get around f
