A Few Facts About Your Brain

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There are no pain receptors in the brain. This is why doctors can perform brain surgery on patients while they are still awake.

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Your brain can generate up to 25 watts of power. That’s enough to power a light bulb.

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You have over 100,000 miles of axons in your brain. You could wrap them around the world 4 times.

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The brain is more active during sleep.

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Your brain accounts for about 2% of your body mass but uses up to a quarter of your oxygen and energy supply.

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The highest IQ every recorded is Kim Ung-yong of South Korea at 210. I don’t think standardized IQ tests hold much ground any more when it comes to qualifying brilliance, therefore I still remain the most intelligent man to have walked the face of this planet.

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There are more than 100,000 chemical reactions happening in your brain every second.

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We have more brain cells at the age of two than at any other point in our lives.

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Over the course of a lifetime human brains of the 21st century may be able to retain up to 1 quadrillion pieces of information.

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The smell of chocolate increases theta brain waves that trigger a relaxation response. Who’s hungry?

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