[Glenn.]

#1 No Pain

The brain contains no pain receptors, therefore it cannot feel pain! This is the reason why brain surgery is able to be performed on the patient while they are still awake - Yikes!

#2 Got Fat?

The brain is the fattest organ in the human body, as it contains more than 60% fat! Who would've guessed?!

#3 High Altitude

High altitude conditions makes the brain see weird visions due to the reduced supply of oxygen. It isn't uncommon for mountaineers at 8,000 feet or higher to imagine light emanating from their bodies, or visualize other people near them - Freaky!

#4 Brain Child!

When people read aloud and talk often to their small children and babies, it promotes faster brain development.

#5 Right vs Left

The brain is divided into two identical sides. While they do co-operate together, the left brain is involved with more rational aspects such as logical thinking, and the right side of the brain is more emotionally and visually orientated.

#6 Right, Left, Right...

The left side of your brain actually controls the right side of your body, and the right side of your brain controls the left side of your body. Strange, indeed!

#7 Light Bulb Moment!

Did you know that while you are awake, your brain generates enough energy to power a light bulb? We think that brings a whole new meaning to the term "light bulb moment"!

#8 Create Memories

Every time we remember a memory or have a new thought, our brain creates a new connection in itself!

#9 The Best Medicine

We might think that laughing at a joke is a simple enough action, yet it requires activity in 5 different areas of our brain!

#10 Thinking Too Much?

Humans have approximately 70,000 thoughts each day! Looks like we really ARE thinking too much.

#11 World Trip

The blood vessels in our brain equal a total distance of 100,000 kilometers when stretched out. That's enough to wrap around the whole Earth four times!

#12 A Scent

The reason why memories that are triggered by scent seem more intense and easier to recall, is because our sense of smell has a deeper emotional connection with our brain!

#13 Whose is Bigger?

Although studies have shown that the male brain is on average up to 10% larger than a female's brain, it has also been proven that female's brains have more nerve cells and connectors, therefore working more efficiently than men's.

#14 Image Correction

Did you know that when our eyes receive images, they are actually upside-down? Our brain automatically corrects them, so that we see them the right side-up!

[lostalex]

I thought that the whole left brain controls logic and right brain controls creativity was proven to be a myth.

[Withano]

I don't get 14 and can't believe 11, the rest is awesome

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by BigBrother3232

I don't get 14 and can't believe 11, the rest is awesome

14 basically means yur eyes are like a photograph, just like when you process film from a camera, it's in negative form, and you have to switch it around again, to see the true image, that's basically what's happening in your eyes, it's upside down, but your brain processes it in a way to put it right again.

[Vanessa]

That's fascinating. Thanks, Glenn!

[Lee.]

I get freaked out when I think about my brain.

[Niamh.]

Great read Glenn, the brain is amazing

[GypsyGoth]

I really don't think I have 70,000 thoughts a day.

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by BigBrother3232

I don't get 14 and can't believe 11, the rest is awesome

I read something the other day where a woman's brain doesn't flip the image and she see upside down.

-finds link-

[Marc]

I have a phat brain.

Also guys I'd appreciate it if you all stopped making jokes because it's requiring a lot of effort from my poor brain.

[Glenn.]

Link
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/worl...icle-1.1297128

[Ryan57]

Very interesting. Especially number 14.