There is enough room in the human memory for 300 years of television.

Neuroscientists estimate the brain’s storage capacity at roughly 2.5 petabytes that’s about 2.5 million gigabytes. To put that in perspective, one petabyte can hold roughly 200,000 two-hour movies. A full day of TV (24 hours) compressed reasonably would take about 0.008 petabyte…

An altered state of consciousness can be achieved by staring into someone’s eyes for 10 minutes.

In a 2015 Italian psychology experiment, participants who stared into each other’s eyes for 10 uninterrupted minutes reported dissociative experiences feeling detached from time, space, and their own bodies. Some saw monsters, relatives, or their own faces morphing. The effect, …

People who have had their frown lines removed with Botox find it harder to read difficult sentences.

Botox paralyzes the corrugator supercilii muscles the ones responsible for frowning. A study found that people who received Botox injections to smooth frown lines took longer to read and understand complex sentences. The reason? Frowning may actually help the brain process diffi…