The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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The human brain is more active during sleep than during the day.
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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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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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Déjà vu occurs when your brain tries to apply a memory of a past situation to your current one, fails, and makes you feel like it's happened.
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The human brain has the capacity to store everything that you experience.
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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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Research has shown that allowing chocolate to melt in your mouth produced brain and heart rate activity that was simliar to - and even stronger than - that produced with passionate kissing.
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