Caffeine boosts memory.
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An ant brain has about 250 000 brain cells. A human brain has 10,000 million so a colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human.
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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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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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The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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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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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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On average, there's 100 billion neurons in the human brain.
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