The brain can stay alive for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen. After that cells begin die.
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After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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Music has the ability to repair brain damage and return lost memories.
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Due to the angle at which the optic nerve enters the brain, staring at a blue surface during sex greatly increases the intensity of orgasms.
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When you get blackout drunk, you don't actually forget anything; your brain wasn't "recording" in the first place.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Brain scans show that people who view photos of a beloved experience an activation of the caudate - the part of the brain involving cravings.
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