When you fall in love, that 'high' feeling is caused by a flood of dopamine that is similar to that of cocaine.
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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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Chocolate is associated with the release of serotonin, the hormone that makes you feel relaxed, calm, and happy.
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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 ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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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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