The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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The brain receives 20% of the body’s oxygen and 25% of total body glucose utilization, despite it accounting for only 2% of a person’s weight (about 1.4 kilograms).
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