The desire to squeeze and hug cute things comes from the same place in your brain as aggression.
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The human brain is more active during sleep than during the day.
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Music has the ability to repair brain damage and return lost memories.
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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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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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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.
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The cat brain weighs about 30g.
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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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