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FACTS |
| Only 1 in 10,000 people has perfect pitch,
the ability to identify a musical note without reference to other
notes. |
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| A skilled pianist can play up to 30 notes
per second. |
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| Comprising just 10% of the brain's volume,
the cerebellum, which controls the body's movements, actually contains
more neurons than the rest of the brain and the central nervous system
put together. |
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| A three year old has almost twice as many
active connections between brain cells as an adult. |
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| The number of possible chess games is greater
than the number of atoms in the visible universe. |
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| Our "working memory," the cognitive
ability to store new information for a relatively short period of
time, is limited to about 7 items. |
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| Chess champions have 100,000 chess patterns
committed to memory. |
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| About 1 in 50 people have some degree of
prosopagnosia, or"face blindness," which is an impairment
in the recognition of faces. |
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| Worldwide there are about 100 known prodigious
savants, individuals who have a mental disability while exhibiting
extraordinary skills or talents. |
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| Prodigious savant Kim Peeke can read a
500-page book in one hour. |
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