When you fall in love, that 'high' feeling is caused by a flood of dopamine that is similar to that of cocaine.
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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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A human brain produces as many as 12,000 to 50,000 thoughts per day, depending on how deep a thinker a person is.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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Due to the angle at which the optic nerve enters the brain, staring at a blue surface during sex greatly increases the intensity of orgasms.
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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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10 seconds is the amount of time until unconsciousness after the loss of blood supply to the brain.
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