The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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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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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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After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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The cat brain weighs about 30g.
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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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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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