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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If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
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If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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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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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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In 30 minutes, the average body gives off enough heat (combined) to bring a half gallon of water to boil.
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