Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
24
Music has the ability to repair brain damage and return lost memories.
62
Caffeine boosts memory.
405
The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
120
After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
139
10 seconds is the amount of time until unconsciousness after the loss of blood supply to the brain.
108
The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
13
When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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