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    Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
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    On average, there's 300 billion neurons in the octopus brain.
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    When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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    Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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    Daydreamers are better at solving complex problems.
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    The brain can stay alive for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen. After that cells begin die.
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    Man Lost 50-75% of His Brain to Water on the Brain, Lived Normally
    A 44-year-old man lost around 50%-75% of his brain to hydrocephalus (water on the brain) and continued to live a normal life. Specialists believe the fluid filled so slowly over his life that the brain remapped itself to retain functionality despite the loss of mass.
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    We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
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