After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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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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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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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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Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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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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