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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On average a woman has 4 sexual partners in her lifetime.
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On average, there's 100 billion neurons in the human brain.
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Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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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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Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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