The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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An ant brain has about 250 000 brain cells. A human brain has 10,000 million so a colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human.
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Studies suggest that people who appear to be constantly distracted have more "working memory" and "sharper brains".
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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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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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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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