FACTS ABOUT YOUR BRAIN
Added on: 25th Mar 2015
YOUR BRAIN IS THE FATTEST ORGAN IN
YOUR BODY AT AROUND 60%
IT HAS NO PAIN RECEPTORS SO IT DOESN'T
FEEL ANYTHING
THIS IS WHY DOCTORS ARE ABLE TO PERFORM OPEN
BRAIN SURGERY ON PATIENTS THAT ARE STILL AWAKE.
AT ANY GIVEN TIME YOUR BRAIN CAN GENERATE UP TO
25 WATTS OF POWER. THAT'S ENOUGH TO POWER A
LIGHTBULB.
DESPITE THE COMMON MYTH THAT LARGE BRAINS
EQUAL MORE SMART PEOPLE LIKE EINSTEIN,
ACTUALLY HE HAD A SMALL BRAIN
SPEAKING OF EINSTEIN, THE PATHOLOGIST WHO DID
HIS AUTOPSY STOLE HIS BRAIN AND KEPT IT
FOR 20 YEARS
YOU HAVE OVER 100,000 MILES OF AXONS IN YOUR BRAIN.
THAT'S ENOUGH TO WRAP AROUND THE WORLD 4 TIMES.
YOUR BRAIN CONTINUES TO DEVELOP UNTIL
YOUR LATE 40S
AND IT HAS THE SAME CONSISTENCY AS TOFU
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