The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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Playing Tetris after a traumatic event can prevent the development of traumatic memories and reduce the chance of having flashbacks.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
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