BRAIN FACTS!!

Did You Know?. ..the brain represents about 2% of your total body weight. It is roughly 140mm wide, 167mm long and 93mm high Did You Know? ...neurons multiply at a rate 250,000 neurons per minute during early pregnancy Did You Know? ...your brain uses approximately 20% of the total oxygen pumping around your body! ...and about 750ml of blood pumps through your brain every minute! Did You Know? ...unconsciousness will occur after 8-10 seconds after loss of blood supply to the brain

Did You Know? ...your brain consists of 60% white matter and 40% grey matter Did You Know? ...information travels at different speeds within different types of neurons. Transmission can be as slow as 0.5 meters/sec or as fast as 120 meters/sec.  Traveling at 120 meters/sec is the same as going 268 miles/hour Did You Know? The human brain is approximately 75% water Did You Know? ..."I had brain surgery 10 years ago, so I know some pretty fascinating things about the brain. One of the most fascinating things I learned is that the brain itself is incapable of feeling pain. (That doesn't mean brain surgery doesn't hurt!)"   Fascinating Fact by:  Kris Webb ~North Carolina, USA Did You Know? ...the number of internal thought pathways that your brain is capable of producing is:one followed by 10.5 million kilometers of standard typewritten zero's! (source: Tony Buzan, Head Strong 2001)

Did You Know? ...your brain is capable of having more ideas than the number of atoms in the known universe! (source: Tony Buzan, Head Strong 2001)  Did You Know? ...if you could harness the power used by your brain, you could power as a 10-watt light bulb Did You Know? ...your brain consists of about 100 billion neurons! That's about 166 times the number of people on the planet!  (source: Tony Buzan) It would take you approximately 171 years to  count them all! (source: E. Chudler)