Facts About the Brain

The brain is one of the most amazing and important organs of the human body. It is the command center and the only part of the body, which helps us learn, think and remember different things. It is the central organ of the human nervous system, which is primarily involved in relaying information between the brain and the body. The brain receives input through signals from the sensory organs.

There are many amazing facts about the brain that we are not aware of. Some interesting brain facts are given below.

Interesting Facts about the Brain

Fact – NO -1

The human brain cannot feel any pain has it have pain receptors. It contains about 86 billion nerve cells.

Fact – NO -2

The human brain can survive for about 5 to 10 minutes without oxygen, 2 days without water, 11 days without sleeping and 20 days without food.

Fact – NO -3

A human brain is more active and works faster when we are tired and during the nights times when we are sleeping. Hence it is advised to have a proper sleep of 7 to 8 hours which improves the brain’s life.

Fact – NO -4

Our brain continues to grow until the age of 18 and it has a memory capacity equivalent or more than the four terabytes on a hard drive.

Fact – NO -5

The weight of the human brain is around 3 pounds which comprise 60% of fat. Therefore, it is the fattest organ in the human body occupies 2% of a total body’s weight.

Fact – NO -6

The brain can absorb around 0.025 kilowatts of energy, which is enough to illuminate a standard electric light bulb.

Fact – NO -7

Neurons in the brain multiply more than 200000 neurons per minute during the time of pregnancy.

Fact – NO -8

There are around 75 to 100 billion neurons present in the brain and the length of each blood vessels present in the brain are almost 100000 miles.

Fact – NO -9

The human brain is faster than the computer and it is capable of solving problems more efficiently.

Fact – NO -10

Seafood is the most beneficial diet for the human brain, as it contains fatty acid which can increase the brain’s performance up to 15%.

Fact – NO -11

The older we grow, it becomes more difficult in remembering things. This is because our brain and nerve cells shrink along with our age and are not able to filter and remove old memories which prevent it from absorbing new ideas.

Fact – NO -12

New brain connections are created every time a person learns something new. The human brain has about 70000 thoughts per day out of which 70% are believed to be negative.

Fact – NO -13

Both left and right-hand side brain always work together and there is no division between them.

Fact – NO -14

During any brain surgery, a part of the human brain is removed, which has no effect on memory or personality.

Fact – NO -15

As per the recent studies, the smell of chocolate increases the brain waves, which trigger relaxation in the brain cells.

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