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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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    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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    Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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    The human brain has the capacity to store everything that you experience.
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    Music has the ability to repair brain damage and return lost memories.
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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 cat brain weighs about 30g.
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