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by Daniel Berger.
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According to my Popular Science magazine, your brain needs 1/10 of a calorie per minute just to stay alive, and burns as many as 1.5 calories per minute during periods of deep thought.
So, next time someone asks what you're doing while staring intently at some difficult code on your computer screen, tell them you're working out. :)