The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
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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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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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On average, there's 300 billion neurons in the octopus brain.
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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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The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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