Amazing Brain Facts You Probably Didn’t Know

We often hear that the human brain is an amazing organ. How amazing is it? Here are a few things you probably did not know about the human brain:

1. The brain does not contain any pain receptors, so the brain does not ‘feel’ pain.
2. During early pregnancy, a baby in the womb has a brain developing at 250,000 neurons per minute. Once you become an adult, you can still develop new neurons, but only in response to stimulating activities.
3. There are 100,000 miles of blood vessels in the brain.
4. The human brain has the most fat of any of the organs. Doctors estimate that …read more