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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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    On average, there's 100 billion neurons in the human brain.
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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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    On average, there's 300 billion neurons in the octopus brain.
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