[P]eople think that the human brain is in the head. Nothing of the sort; it is carried by the wind from the Caspian Sea. (Nikolai Gogol)

[P]eople think that the human brain is in the head. Nothing of the sort; it is carried by the wind from the Caspian Sea.

Nikolai Gogol

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