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 desire to squeeze and hug cute things comes from the same place in your brain as aggression.
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Starfish don't have brains.
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You can only remember 4 things at a time.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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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 ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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An ant brain has about 250 000 brain cells. A human brain has 10,000 million so a colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human.
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