Big Picture

Fast fact #72

#72: The world's largest brain bank is at Harvard, where there are over 7000 brains.

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The brain
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Bibliography

Source: National Geographic
http://video.nationalgeographic.co.uk/video/science/health-human-body-sci/human-body/brain-bank-sci/
Originally published in Big Picture: Inside the Brain
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Teaching-and-education/Big-Picture/All-issues/Inside-the-brain/index.htm

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