Brain freeze is caused by the brain sensing the drop of temperature on your palate and increasing blood pressure in an attempt to save you from freezing.
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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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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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The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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Déjà vu occurs when your brain tries to apply a memory of a past situation to your current one, fails, and makes you feel like it's happened.
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Chocolate is associated with the release of serotonin, the hormone that makes you feel relaxed, calm, and happy.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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The cat brain weighs about 30g.
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