“Memories and songs are stored in two different parts of the brain, so people with Alzheimer’s won’t remember their family, but they’ll remember songs.”

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As a result, many patients use music therapy. You can learn more about it here.

While the immune system is generally "unaware" or suppressed regarding the eyes, if they are severely injured, the immune system can "discover" them and cause damage, known as an autoimmune reaction. 🤯

This Brown University study confirmed that humans cannot rely on their sense of smell to wake them from sleep.

While the brain processes pain from the rest of the body, it cannot feel pain directly, which is why surgeons can perform awake craniotomies. For more details, visit BrainFacts.

Together, they form a 24/7 waste-management system that silently keeps you alive every single second.

Think about it like this: Your lungs pump out air, which forces your vocal cords to flap open and closed, turning that air into a buzzing sound that your tongue and lips reshape into actual words!!!

Researchers have demonstrated that mammals can absorb oxygen through their rectums to support breathing in emergencies, a method known as enteral ventilation (EVA) or "butt breathing". 

Also, if you are exclusively pumping milk rather than breastfeeding, your body will still release oxytocin and contract the uterus.

Read about the glow of the human body here.

The stomach produces highly corrosive hydrochloric acid with a pH of 1–2, capable of breaking down metals and complex materials

For a more detailed explanation, visit PubMed.

There has been a lot of research on this.

You can read the research papers on this at National Institutes of Health (PMC) and PubMed.

I can confirm this is true. I spoke to a mom who experienced it firsthand.

Yes. Dehydration, which is a common reason for fatigue, causes the brain to slightly shrink. This shrinkage pulls on pain receptors, resulting in a headache.

Medical researchers refer to the total accumulation of cells from all of a woman's prior pregnancies as her fetal microchiome.

During pregnancy, fetal stem cells travel through the placenta into the mother's bloodstream, where they can migrate to sites of tissue damage (including the heart, skin, and other organs) to assist in repair and regeneration.

It's true. A female fetus has the highest number of eggs in her ovaries during her development in the womb, which dramatically decreases by birth, puberty, and so on.

The balled-up muscle creates a bulge in the upper arm known as a "Popeye deformity," which gives it that distinctive, altered shape.

Read about how this shapes your daily life here.

This biological phenomenon is often called "ovarian intergenerational continuity." Read more here.

While the physiological "rush" is incredibly short, humans rarely experience emotions like this because they are often accompanied by thought loops.

To dive deeper into the science of how your face changes over the years, check out WebMD's aging guide.

My husband has a kidney transplant, so I can confirm he does have three of them!!! Read more about it here.