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2331. When our brains receive new information, it doesn’t necessarily come in the proper order. This information needs to be reorganized and presented to us in a form we understand. When familiar information is processed, this doesn’t take much time at all. New information, however, is a bit slower and makes time feel elongated.

2332. Ambidextrous people have a corpus collosum (the part of the brain that bridges the two halves) that is 11% larger than those who are right handed.

2333. Our brain usually chooses the first option on lists. Studies show when people are presented with a list of options they are most likely to pick whatever is first. The same is shown to hold true for voting.

2334. Babies lose about half of their neurons before they are born. Referred to as pruning, this eliminates any brain neurons that don't receive sufficient input from other areas of the brain.

2335. Scientists say the brain purposely forgets certain memories in order to avoid information overload, and emotional hangovers.

2336. Human brain tissue is not dense. It’s very fragile  soft and squishy similar to the consistency of soft tofu or gelatin.

2337. Scientists say the brain purposely forgets certain memories in order to avoid information overload, and emotional hangovers.

2338. Neurons that fire together wire together. The more you do something, the more your brain responds to support that activity.

2339. Meditating improves learning abilities and enhances memory retention.

2340. The pathologist who made Einstein body's autopsy stole his brain and kept it in a jar for 20 years.

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