Random Brain Facts

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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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    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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    Foreign accent syndrome is a rare brain disorder which causes people to speak in a foreign accent involuntarily.
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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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    The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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    A human brain produces as many as 12,000 to 50,000 thoughts per day, depending on how deep a thinker a person is.
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    Caffeine boosts memory.
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    Starfish don't have brains.
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