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TIL Michelangelo depicted a perfect anatomical cross section of the human brain in the "God Creating Adam" painting, as well as the painting "The Separation of Light from Darkness," within God’s chest and throat, researchers have found a precise depiction of the human spinal cord and brain stem.

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