Random Brain Facts

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    Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
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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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    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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    Man Lost 50-75% of His Brain to Water on the Brain, Lived Normally
    A 44-year-old man lost around 50%-75% of his brain to hydrocephalus (water on the brain) and continued to live a normal life. Specialists believe the fluid filled so slowly over his life that the brain remapped itself to retain functionality despite the loss of mass.
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    We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
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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 average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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    The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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