The brain can stay alive for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen. After that cells begin die.
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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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Chewing gum boosts your brain power.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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Falling in love raises levels of nerve growth in a person's brain for about a year and can improve their memory.
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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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The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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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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