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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    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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    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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    After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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    The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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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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    The human brain has the capacity to store everything that you experience.
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    You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
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