The brain can stay alive for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen. After that cells begin die.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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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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10 seconds is the amount of time until unconsciousness after the loss of blood supply to the brain.
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Due to the angle at which the optic nerve enters the brain, staring at a blue surface during sex greatly increases the intensity of orgasms.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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