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There’s a lot we’ve discovered about the brain

by cringeyjokesman May 16, 2022, 11:09 pm

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TIL the hummingbird brain is 4.2% of its body weight, twice higher than the human brain at only 2% proportionally.They remember well their migration routes, and the yard and flowers they visited the previous year. Some consider them sacred, and in mythology they are healers helping people in need.

by whatilearned May 15, 2022, 8:40 pm

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TIL: Beauty Parlour Stroke Syndrome is an extremely rare phenomenon that describes a stroke caused by having your hair washed over a basin at a salon. It is thought to be the result of reduced blood flow to the brain caused by sustained distortion of the neck during the washing process.

by whatilearned May 15, 2022, 4:00 pm

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TIL 17-Year-Old Griffin McConnell Earned a Master chess Title After Four Brain Surgeries.

by whatilearned May 9, 2022, 10:53 am

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A man, at a routine checkup, is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.

by cringeyjokesman May 7, 2022, 1:42 am

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TIL about The Backfire Effect where your brain responds to new information that goes against your worldview as if you were being physically attacked

by whatilearned May 2, 2022, 3:13 pm

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TIL When you stand, your body compensates for gravity by constricting blood vessels, ensuring that enough blood returns to your brain. In people with orthostatic hypotension, this mechanism fails and their blood pressure drops, leading to dizziness, lightheadedness, blurred vision and fainting.

by whatilearned May 1, 2022, 2:24 am

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TIL that people with brain cancer survive significantly longer if they’re also taking Prozac.

by whatilearned April 30, 2022, 4:48 pm

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TIL John Wayne Gacy’s brain was removed post-mortem and given to a Forensic Psychiatrist, who keeps it in her basement along with slices of all of his organs.

by whatilearned April 28, 2022, 8:47 pm

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TIL: As you get older, you need to drink more water. Over time, the thirst signals in the brain become less active and our body water composition declines. Research also suggests that people who drink more water consistently consume fewer calories on a daily basis.

by whatilearned April 28, 2022, 6:32 am

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slimy joe biden brain

by CopyPastaArchive April 28, 2022, 4:09 am

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TIL the human brain stays half-awake when first sleeping in a new place. This is called the First Night Effect

by whatilearned April 27, 2022, 9:05 am

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