Random Brain Facts

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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 human brain has the capacity to store everything that you experience.
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    The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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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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    Caffeine boosts memory.
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    The cat brain weighs about 30g.
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    Research has shown that allowing chocolate to melt in your mouth produced brain and heart rate activity that was simliar to - and even stronger than - that produced with passionate kissing.
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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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