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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The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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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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A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
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