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Humans spend about one-third of life asleep
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Humans spend about one-third of life asleep

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Split attention between two conversations is surprisingly poor
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Split attention between two conversations is surprisingly poor

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Your brain generates enough electricity to power a small LED
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Your brain generates enough electricity to power a small LED

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Your brain uses about 20% of your body’s energy
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Your brain uses about 20% of your body’s energy

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Your brain is about 75% water
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Your brain is about 75% water

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During REM sleep, your body is temporarily paralyzed
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During REM sleep, your body is temporarily paralyzed

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Your eyes can distinguish millions of colors
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Your eyes can distinguish millions of colors

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Shivering is muscles making heat
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Shivering is muscles making heat

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The funny bone is a nerve, not a bone
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The funny bone is a nerve, not a bone

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You have roughly 100 trillion synaptic connections
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You have roughly 100 trillion synaptic connections

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Working memory holds about 7 items at once
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Working memory holds about 7 items at once

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Curiosity lights up the brain’s reward and memory systems
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Curiosity lights up the brain’s reward and memory systems

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Emotions light up widespread networks, not one “feeling center”
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Emotions light up widespread networks, not one “feeling center”

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Learning physically strengthens synaptic connections
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Learning physically strengthens synaptic connections

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Dopamine helps the brain mark what feels rewarding
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Dopamine helps the brain mark what feels rewarding

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The blood-brain barrier filters what reaches your neurons
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The blood-brain barrier filters what reaches your neurons

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Your brain has almost no oxygen reserve
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Your brain has almost no oxygen reserve

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New neurons can form in the adult hippocampus
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New neurons can form in the adult hippocampus

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Brain folds nearly triple the cortex surface area
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Brain folds nearly triple the cortex surface area

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The adult human brain weighs about 1.4 kilograms
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The adult human brain weighs about 1.4 kilograms

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Nerve signals can travel about 120 meters per second
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Nerve signals can travel about 120 meters per second

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Your brain has about 86 billion neurons
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Your brain has about 86 billion neurons

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A tiny node in the heart sets every beat
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A tiny node in the heart sets every beat

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Reading reuses brain areas built for vision and speech
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Reading reuses brain areas built for vision and speech

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The brain’s glymphatic system clears waste mainly during sleep
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The brain’s glymphatic system clears waste mainly during sleep

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