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1. An average adult male brain weighs
about 1375 grams.
2. A neglected child brain can be
substantially smaller than that of a healthy child.
3. A condition called synesthesia can
cause senses to overlap. In other words, some people can taste words or hear
colors.
4. The right side of the human brain is
responsible for self-recognition.
5. Any damage to brain cells cannot be
repaired completely.
6. The base of the spinal cord has a
cluster of nerves, which are most sensitive.
7. The brain continues to send out
electric wave signals until approximately 37 hours after death.
8. The brain is much more active at night
than during the day.
9. The brain itself cannot feel pain.
10. The brain operates on the same amount
of power as 10-watt light bulb. Your brain generates as much energy as a small
light bulb even when you're sleeping.
11. As we get older, the brain loses almost
one gram per year.
12. Only four percent of the brains cells work
and the remaining cells are kept in reserve.
13. Our Brain has over 100 billion nerve
cells.
14. The adult human brain is about 2% of
total body weight.
15. Men listen with the left side of the
brain and women use both sides of the brain.
16. The average human brain weighs about 3
pounds.
17. The human brain can read up to 1,000
words per minute.
18. The human brain cell can hold 5 times
as much information as the Encyclopedia Britannica. Or any other encyclopedia
for that matter.
19. The Human brain constitutes 60% of
white matter and 40% of grey matter.
20. The human brain is capable of creating
more ideas equivalent to that of the atoms of the universe.
21. The human brain is made up of more than
10 billion nerve cells and over 50 billion other cells and weighs less than
three pounds.
22. The Human brain is the most powerful
computer which has the processing speed of 3000+ Ghz
23. The human brain is very soft like
butter.
24. The Human brain stops growing at the
age of 18.
25. The human Brain uses 20% of our body
energy and makes up only 2% of our body weight.
26. If you spread it out, your brain would
be about the size of a pillowcase.
27. When we touch something, we send a
message to our brain at 124 mph.
28. Cold weather improves human memory and
concentration.
29. The width of an average human brain is
140 mm.
30. The total surface area of the human
brain is about 25,000 square cms.
31. The weight of human cerebellum is 150g.
32. In a lifetime, your brain's long-term
memory can hold as many as 1 quadrillion (1 million billion) separate bits of
information.
33. Information travels at different speeds
within different types of neurons.
34. It is estimated that there are over 1,
000,000,000,000,000 connections in the human brain.
35. Nerve impulses to and from the brain
travel as fast as 170 miles per hour.
36. Neurons continue to grow throughout human
life.
37. On an average the weight of an adult
female brain is about 1275 grams.
38. On an average, 100,000 to 1,000,000
chemical reactions takes place in our brain.
39. The average human head weighs about 10
pounds.
40. The average length of the human brain
is about 167 mm and its average height is 93mm.
41. The left side of human brain controls
the right side of the body and the right side of the brain controls the left
side of the body.
42. The Nervous system transmits messages
to the brain at the speed of 180 miles per hour.
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