Eyelash Worth Of Brain Gold

There is gold in our brains and throughout our nervous systems, and without it human beings might not exist. The total amount of gold in the human body is less than the weight of a single eyelash. This tiny trace of metal is critical for rapid electrical signaling along nerves. Because those signals underpin normal brain function, that microscopic quantity of gold is essential for how the human nervous system works.

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