Quick naps not only improve your alertness, but they also help in decision making, creativity and sensory perception.
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You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
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On average, there's 300 billion neurons in the octopus brain.
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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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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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Chocolate is associated with the release of serotonin, the hormone that makes you feel relaxed, calm, and happy.
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Foreign accent syndrome is a rare brain disorder which causes people to speak in a foreign accent involuntarily.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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