FactsNinja

The human brain has the capacity to store everything that you experience.

The brain is approximately 75% water, but you should never drink it.

Your brain only weighs about 3lbs yet the greedy bastard uses between 20% and 25% of your energy supplies each day

There are approximately 10 to the power of 60 atoms in the universe. Your brain laughs in the face of that figure however, as it has 10 to the power of 1,000,000 different ways it can wire itself up.

That’s the number 10 followed up with 1 million zeroes, which is to all intents and purposes (for anybody not called Stephen Hawking or Rob Collins), an infinite amount of ways.

Speaking of large numbers, there are approximately 1.1 trillion cells and 100 billion neurons in the average human brain.

The slowest speed information passes around your brain is approximately 260 mph

Your brain was disproportionately large compared to other organs when you were born.

That’s why babies look a bit like aliens. Not yours of course, yours are cute, just other peoples babies.

If you lose blood flow to your brain you will last about 10 second before you pass out.

Your brain has no pain receptors which is why if I managed to remove the top of your skull without you noticing I could poke around all day without you feeling a thing. The skull removal may hurt a bit though.

Even though we say the amygdala regulates danger, the cerebellum motor control, and the limbic system emotions etc, this is somewhat misleading as no part operates independently and all need other parts of the brain to get their job done.

Your peripheral vision improves at night which is why pilots are taught to use their peripheral vision when looking for traffic.