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Human brain cell holds the Encyclopedia Britannica

By: Meg Dilts

The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Britannica. The storage capacity of the brain in electronic terms is thought to be between 3 or even 1,000 terabytes. The National Archives of Britain, containing over 900 years of history, only takes up 70 terabytes.


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