Random Brain Facts

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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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    The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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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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    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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    A human brain produces as many as 12,000 to 50,000 thoughts per day, depending on how deep a thinker a person is.
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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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    The brain receives 20% of the body’s oxygen and 25% of total body glucose utilization, despite it accounting for only 2% of a person’s weight (about 1.4 kilograms).
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