HUMAN BRAIN FACTS
Added on: 18th Sep 2015
BRAIN SURGERY IS NOT SOMETHING NEW.
IN THE PAST SOME CULTURES PRACTICED TREPANATION,
OR THE ACT OF DRILLING HOLES IN THE BRAIN TO
ALLEVIATE PAIN AND CURE SICKNESS
WILDER PENFIELD (1891-1976) CREATED A DRAWING
THAT BECAME KNOWN AS A HOMUNCULUS, WHICH SHOWS
WHAT WE WOULD LOOK LIKE IF OUR BODY PARTS WERE
AS BIG AS THE BRAIN SPACE THEY TAKE UP
THERE ARE MORE THAN 100,000 CHEMICAL REACTIONS
HAPPENING IN YOUR BRAIN EVERY SECOND
HUMANS HAVE MORE BRAIN CELLS AT THE AGE OF TWO
THAN AT ANY OTHER POINT IN THEIR LIVES
A WOMAN'S BRAIN SHRINKS DURING PREGNANCY AND
TAKES UP TO 6 MONTHS TO REGAIN ITS SIZE
EXPERTS ESTIMATE THAT OVER THE COURSE OF A
LIFETIME HUMAN BRAINS OF THE 21ST CENTURY WILL
RETAIN UP TO 1 QUADRILLION PIECES OF INFORMATION
ANCIENT PEOPLE THOUGHT THE STOMACH AND HEART
TO BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE BRAIN. EGYPTIANS
EVEN PULLED PARTS OF THE BRAIN OUT THROUGH THE
NOSE BEFORE MUMMIFYING BODIES
CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, YOU DON'T ONLY USE
10% OF YOUR BRAIN. MOST OF YOUR BRAIN IS ACTIVE
ALL THE TIME, EVEN WHEN YOU SLEEP
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