You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
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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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Brain freeze is caused by the brain sensing the drop of temperature on your palate and increasing blood pressure in an attempt to save you from freezing.
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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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Brain scans show that people who view photos of a beloved experience an activation of the caudate - the part of the brain involving cravings.
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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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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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You can only remember 4 things at a time.
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