Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
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Music has the ability to repair brain damage and return lost memories.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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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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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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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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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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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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