I learned this today. White blood cells kill invading bacteria, germs, and viruses in your body by eating them. White blood cells are produced by bone marrow. They are produced by hematopoietic stem cells, and they are stored within the bone marrow or lymph tissue until they are needed. They are also called leukocytes. When […]
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I learned this today. An MRI works by causing the protons in the hydrogen nuclei in our bodies to align with a magnetic field and then disrupts them with a radio wave. Our bodies contain about 60% water, but this figure changes depending on the organ. All of the organs in our body, our tissue,
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I learned this today. Cigarettes are addictive because the nicotine they contain is a highly addictive chemical. Nicotine is a naturally occurring chemical that is produced by plants. It is produced by many different types of plants: nightshade, tobacco, the coca plant, tomato, potato, eggplant, and green pepper. The concentrations differ depending on the plant.
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I learned this today. You need to have four satellites in view to be able to use GPS. (Global Positioning System). Currently, there are 32 satellites orbiting in the Global Positioning System. One thing I learned today is that GPS is actually an American government-owned system. It was started by the American Department of Defense
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I learned this today. Unlike when skin heals, bones usually heal without a scar. When you cut yourself, your body’s primary goal is to replace the skin as quickly as possible to keep infection out and your blood in. When it does this, it leaves a scar because it builds the new skin so quickly.
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I learned this today. The most common kidney stones are caused when there are more minerals in the blood than the kidneys can reabsorb. Most people have two kidneys. The kidneys have three jobs that they do for us. Their first job is to filter waste products out of the blood. Together, they filter 200
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I learned this today. Fireworks that are shot into the sky are made up of a stabilizer, a fuse, a charge, and an effect section. Fireworks that are launched into the sky were invented in China in about 1200 AD, but explosive fireworks were invented much earlier than that. Gunpowder was invented in about 142
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I learned this today. Ships float because the density of the total volume of the ship is less than the density of the same volume of water it displaces. An object will float on a liquid if it is less dense than the liquid it is floating on. The density of water is 997 kg/m3.
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I learned this today. Scars are left after a wound because the body is trying to put a protective covering over the wound as fast as it can. When you cut your skin, if it is more than a surface graze, you start to bleed. The first thing that happens is your blood clots. There
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I learned this today. Venus flytraps know when to close on an insect because of tiny hairs inside them. Venus flytraps are carnivorous plants that grow in the subtropical wetlands of the United States. They live in nutrient-poor soil, specifically nitrogen-poor soil, which is the main reason they have evolved to eat insects. The plants
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