Random Brain Facts

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    Man Lost 50-75% of His Brain to Water on the Brain, Lived Normally
    A 44-year-old man lost around 50%-75% of his brain to hydrocephalus (water on the brain) and continued to live a normal life. Specialists believe the fluid filled so slowly over his life that the brain remapped itself to retain functionality despite the loss of mass.
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    After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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    The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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    The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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    Music has the ability to repair brain damage and return lost memories.
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    Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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    On average, there's 100 billion neurons in the human brain.
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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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