When you kiss someone for the first time, you get a spike in the neurotransmitter dopamine, making you crave more.
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After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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All 13 minerals necessary for human life can be found in alcohol beverages.
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One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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A third of the human population sneezes when they look at the Sun. Light can signal the ocular nerve near the sinuses and triggers a sneeze.
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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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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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