Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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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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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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You can only remember 4 things at a time.
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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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On average, there's 300 billion neurons in the octopus brain.
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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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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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