The Mighty Brain
Sounds like Food
All About the Neuron
Harry Potter
Also a Taylor Swift Song
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The weight of the adult human brain

3 lbs

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Not so great with peanut butter on a sandwich, Vaseline has been a brand of this since the 1870's

Petroleum Jelly

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Another name for a "nerve cell"

Neuron


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What platform is used to get to Hogwarts

Platform 9 3/4

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Careful! This washing machine cycle using cold water and low spin speed is suggested for lingerie

Delicate

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The two main division of the nervous system

Central and Peripheral Nervous System

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While playing, Ringo held one of these in each hand but he would get little nutrition from them

Drumsticks

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The part of the neuron that brings information to the cell body

Dendrite

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This person brought Harry to the Dursley's as a baby

Hagrid

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This color appears in the names of two different MLB teams - one in the northeast and one in the midwest

Red

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Connects the right and left hemispheres of the brain

Corpus Callosum

300

Related to old norse "Hvina" it's a complaining cry or sound

Whine

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The part of the neuron that takes information away from the cell body


Axon

300

What special gift did Harry get on his first Christmas morning at Hogwarts

Invisibility Cloak

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This country singer was inducted into the Headware Hall of Fame in 2014.

Tim McGraw

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Name of man who survived after an iron rod went through his frontal lobe in 1848

Phineas Gage

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It sounds like you're making pasta when you think about something without giving it your full attention

Noodling

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The junction between two neurons

Synapse

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What device did Hermione use to fit in her extra classes

Time Turner

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It's not yours! It's this word that comes before "craft" and "sweeper" in the names of popular video games

Mine

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The percentage of your brain made up of fat cells

60%


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Types of these include HTTP-only, Session & Zombie but none of them go very well with a glass of cold milk

Cookies

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The explosion of electrical activity sent down an axon when a neuron sends information

Action Potential

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What does the Hogwarts motto Draco Dormiens Nunquam Tillandus mean?

Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon

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While crossing the George Washington bridge from NJ drivers are greeted by a sign with these 4 words (It's been waiting for you)

Welcome to New York

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