Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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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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Caffeine boosts memory.
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The desire to squeeze and hug cute things comes from the same place in your brain as aggression.
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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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Brain freeze is caused by the brain sensing the drop of temperature on your palate and increasing blood pressure in an attempt to save you from freezing.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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