Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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Quick naps not only improve your alertness, but they also help in decision making, creativity and sensory perception.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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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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The brain can stay alive for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen. After that cells begin die.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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On average, there's 300 billion neurons in the octopus brain.
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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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