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Dec 15 2010 09:57pm

Quote (Tamura @ Nov 21 2010 08:06am)

This is not true.

Apparently we use most of them. That is why when even a tiny bit of cells destroyed in a brain can paralyze you.

Emphasis on 'most'. Since using all of them at once would kill us.

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Dec 16 2010 02:57pm

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The human brain has about 100 billion neurons. A stack of 100 billion pieces of paper would be about 5000 miles high.

it's like one of those facts you give a first grader to pique their interest.

brain=interest piqued no need your fancy bells and whistles

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Dec 19 2010 04:34pm

Quote (zeratul87 @ Dec 16 2010 12:57pm)

it's like one of those facts you give a first grader to pique their interest.

brain=interest piqued no need your fancy bells and whistles

Jelly.

Anyways, others found it interesting

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Feb 15 2011 03:54pm

Bump

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Feb 15 2011 03:57pm

How tall would a stack of 100 billion sheets of toilet paper be? Assuming it's 1-ply, of course.

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Feb 15 2011 04:07pm

csb

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Feb 15 2011 07:43pm

little known fact, this is also the same amount of paper required for 5,000 monkeys to write the complete works of Shakespeare

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Feb 15 2011 10:20pm

Quote (Jacknimble @ Feb 16 2011 01:43am)

little known fact, this is also the same amount of paper required for 5,000 monkeys to write the complete works of Shakespeare

lol

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Feb 15 2011 10:43pm

how many brains did they dissect to figure this out

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Feb 16 2011 02:46pm

Quote (seorul @ Nov 24 2010 07:23pm)

THAT MEANS NEURONS ARE SMALL

small is big word hehe

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