Meet the "Tough Mother" Protecting Your Brain 🧠💪 Right beneath your skull lies the dura mater—the toughest, outermost layer of the meninges. And yes, "dura mater" literally translates to "tough mother"! Where does this name come from? Old anatomists mistakenly believed all body tissues arose from the meninges (they were wrong), but the name stuck—and honestly, we're glad it did because it's just too cool to say "tough mother" 😎 What makes the dura mater so tough? 🛡️ Dense, irregular connecti

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In 1898, a flawless human skull carved from a single piece of quartz arrived at the British Museum, believed to have been crafted in Mesoamerica. Its perfect craftsmanship and rumours of supernatural powers sparked fascination and debate. Skulls were common in Mesoamerican art and rituals, symbolising rebirth and the continuity of life, yet crystal skulls are extraordinarily rare, with only around a dozen ever discovered worldwide. Scattered across museums and private collections, these artefact