Random Brain Facts

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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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    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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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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    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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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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    Starfish don't have brains.
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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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    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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