The desire to squeeze and hug cute things comes from the same place in your brain as aggression.
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Blueberry juice boosts memory.
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Déjà vu occurs when your brain tries to apply a memory of a past situation to your current one, fails, and makes you feel like it's happened.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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The brain can stay alive for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen. After that cells begin die.
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On average, there's 100 billion neurons in the human brain.
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The human brain is more active during sleep than during the day.
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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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