What do you know about your Brain?

1. There are no pain receptors in the brain, so the brain can feel no pain.
2. The human brain is the fattest organ in the body and may consists of at least 60% fat.
3. Humans continue to make new neurons throughout life in response to mental activity.
4. Alcohol interferes with brain processes by weakening connections between neurons.
5. Reading aloud and talking often to a young child promotes brain development.
6. The left side of your brain (left hemisphere) controls the right side of your body; and, the right side of your brain (right hemisphere) controls the left side of your body.
7. Children who learn two languages before the age of five alters the brain structure and adults have a much denser gray matter.
8. Each time we blink, our brain kicks in and keeps things illuminated so the whole world doesn’t go dark each time we blink (about 20,000 times a day).
9. A living brain is so soft you could cut it with a table knife.
10.  There are about 100,000 miles of blood vessels in the brain.