The brain can stay alive for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen. After that cells begin die.
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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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You can only remember 4 things at a time.
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We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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When you fall in love, that 'high' feeling is caused by a flood of dopamine that is similar to that of cocaine.
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Chocolate is associated with the release of serotonin, the hormone that makes you feel relaxed, calm, and happy.
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Foreign accent syndrome is a rare brain disorder which causes people to speak in a foreign accent involuntarily.
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