1. The brain feels no pain. That’s why surgeons can perform brain surgery on a patient why they are still awake.
2. There are 100,000 Miles of Blood Vessels in the Brain.
3. They Saved Einstein’s Brain.
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4. There are differences between the Right and the Left Brain.
5. Sorry Ladies, Men’s Brains are 10% Bigger.
6. True to the stereotype, women tend to process on the more “emotional” right side of the brain, while men process on the “logical” left.
7. Your Brain is More Active When You Sleep.
8. “Inception” is real: Lucid Dreaming is a reality, where a person could control the outcome of a dream while in a sleep-like state.
9. Kim Ung-Yong of South Korea had the highest IQ ever recorded (210).
10. Size does not matter– Albert Einstein’s brain was only 1,230 grams, while the average adult male brain weighs 1,400.
11. Your brain is the fattest organ in your body. It’s about 60% Fat.
12. Ancient people thought the brain wasn’t important as the stomach and heart. When mummifying people, Egyptians would pull the brain out through the nose.
© Image Source13. Brain tissue has a consistency that’s very similar to tofu.
14. Your brain can generate about 25 watts of power at any given time. It could power a light bulb.
15. Brain surgery is an old practice. Some cultures practiced trepanation, which is when holes would be drilled in the skull in an attempt to alleviate pain or cure sickness.
16. During pregnancy, a woman’s brain will shrink. It will take up to 6 months to regain its size.
17. When you were born, your brain was about the size it is now. That’s one reason why babies have such large heads relative to their bodies.
18. It’s easy to trick your brain. For example, Square A and Square B are the same color.
19. There are more than 100,000 chemical reactions happening in your brain every SECOND.
20. Your brain accounts for 2% of your mass, but uses 25% of your oxygen and energy.
21. You could survive only having one side of your brain.
22. Your brain will continue to develop until you’re in your late 40s.
23. Every day, you have about 70,000 thoughts.
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