The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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When you get blackout drunk, you don't actually forget anything; your brain wasn't "recording" in the first place.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% 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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Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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The human brain is more active during sleep than during the day.
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