The average human brain weighs about 3 pounds, but an elephant brain averages 12 pounds.
Some researchers believe that learning how to ballroom dance or juggle can improve memory and other thinking skills.
In addition to other medical problems, being overweight is linked to greater risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
Your brain can generate enough energy to power a light bulb.
Ben Pridmore once memorized a shuffled deck of cards in just over 26 seconds.
The brain may be up to 60% fat.
To help with brain development, newborn babies sleep 16-20 hours per day.
People who live at higher latitudes are at higher risk of multiple sclerosis than people living near the equator.
The brain prevents us from being able to tickle ourselves.
Brain regions important for math and spatial abilities were reportedly 35% larger in Einstein than in the average person.
