Brain Facts

• Women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression than men in the United States.

• The human brain has about 100,000,000,000 (100 billion) neurons.

• From all the oxygen that a human breathes, twenty percent goes to the brain.

• People who ride on roller coasters have a higher chance of having a blood clot in the brain.

• Once a human reaches the age of 35, he/she will start losing approximately 7,000 brain cells a day. The cells will never be replaced.

• It is not possible to tickle yourself. The cerebellum, a part of the brain, warns the rest of the brain that you are about to tickle yourself. Since your brain knows this, it ignores the resulting sensation.

• A women from Berlin Germany has had 3,110 gallstones taken out of her gall bladder.

• In America, the most common mental illness is Anxiety Disorders.

• Your brain is 80% water.

• Your brain is move active and thinks more at night than during the day.