Random Brain Facts

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    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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    The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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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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    On average, there's 100 billion neurons in the human brain.
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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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    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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    The human brain has the capacity to store everything that you experience.
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    The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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