The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Unconsciousness will occur after 8-10 seconds after loss of blood supply to the brain.
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When you get blackout drunk, you don't actually forget anything; your brain wasn't "recording" in the first place.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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Falling in love raises levels of nerve growth in a person's brain for about a year and can improve their memory.
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Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
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