The Most Mind Blowing Facts About The Human Brain - Did You Know - Brain Facts

Number1: Your brain's storage capacity is virtually unlimited.

Number2: The human brain contains 80-100 billion neurons.

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Number3: More than 100,000 chemical reactions take place in the brain every second.

Number4: The human brain is the only object of any kind that can contemplate itself.

Number5: The human brain weighs approximately about 1.4 kilograms is Equal to 3 pounds.

Number6: The human brain can generate about 23 watts of power (enough to power a lightbulb).

Number7: Sixty percent of the human brain is made of fat. For that reason, it is the human body's fattiest organ.

Number8: The brain uses 20 percent of the body's total oxygen and energy.

Number9: The brain doesn't have pain receptors, so it can't feel exterior pain.

Number10: The average brain is believed to generate up to 50,000 thoughts per day.

Number11: Your brain has an autopilot setting allows us to perform common tasks like driving without actively thinking about them.

Number12: Your brain never sleeps while you are asleep, your brain is busy performing maintenance.

Number13: A person's brain continues to function for seven more minutes after they pass away.

Number14:  More than 100,000 chemical reactions take place in the brain every second.

Number15:  Although the male brain is 10 percent larger than the female brain, it does not impact intelligence. There are more similarities than differences between the brains of men and women, regardless of their size. One area in which they do differ is the inferior parietal lobule, which tends to be larger in men.

Number16: About 75 percent of the brain is made up of water. This means that dehydration.

Number17: The human brain will grow three times its size in the first year of life. It continues to grow until you are about 18 years old.

Number18: Headaches are caused by a chemical reaction in your brain combined with the muscles and nerves of your neck and head.

Number19: The human brain gets smaller as we get older. It is common for this to occur after reaching middle age.

Number20: It is a myth that humans only use 10 percent of our brain. We actually use all of it. We are even using more than 10 percent when we sleep.

Number21: Your brain is only about 2% of your body mass, but uses up to 20% of its blood.

Number22: The brain can survive for up to 6 minutes after the heart stops.

Number23: Your brain can not feel pain.

Number24: A human brain can do more computations per second than a powerful supercomputer.

Number25: Dreams are believed to be a combination of imagination, phycological factors, and neurological factors. This is evidence that your brain continues to function even while you're asleep.

Number26: Our brain is wired to remember negative experiences more easily than positive ones. It is called the negativity bias.

Number27: Our brain is not formed fully until age 25.

Number28: The largest brain of any animal is that of the sperm whale which weighs about 20 pounds.

Number29: Our brain performs the health check of our essential organs like heart and lungs and if there is any issue, we will be notified of the symptoms. But we are not informed about the checks.

Number30: If we are in the middle of a remote place suffer from severe pain, the brain produces the pain killer drug that calms the pain to a greater extent, until we reach a medical center. This do not happen if we see a medical center nearby. And we can not control this process by our will.

. 25% of the cholesterol in your body resides in your brain and 60% of the brain is fat

. Size does not matter. Einstein's brain was 1.2 kg: 10% smaller than average

. The brain contains 2% of body weight yet it still consumes 20% of the body's energy production

. Your brain consumes about 20 watts of power: enough to illuminate a very dim light bulb

. The neocortex (language and consciousness) accounts for 76% of the brain's mass

. Men's brains are generally 10% bigger than women's brains

. There are no pain receptors in the brain, so the brain can feel no pain.