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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When you kiss someone for the first time, you get a spike in the neurotransmitter dopamine, making you crave more.
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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Cats have a weak sense of taste. They have only 473 tastebuds, humans have 9,000.
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