The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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Brain freeze is caused by the brain sensing the drop of temperature on your palate and increasing blood pressure in an attempt to save you from freezing.
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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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When you get blackout drunk, you don't actually forget anything; your brain wasn't "recording" in the first place.
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You can only remember 4 things at a time.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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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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The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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