Do you know these 15 strange or funny facts about your brain

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Do you know these 15 strange or funny facts about your brain ?

Previously I present ed 24 essent ial f act s, 26 int erest ing f act s and more 22 less known f act s about t he human brain. In t his art icle I will present more 15 f un and int erest ing f act s about t he human brain. 1. Airplanes and headaches A st udy showed a correlat ion bet ween f lying and headaches and st at es t hat around 6% of people who f ly get headaches brought on by t he f light it self . 2. Juggling Juggling has shown t o change t he brain in as lit t le as seven days. T he st udy indicat es t hat learning new t hings helps t he brain t o change very quickly. 3. Disney and sleep A st udy published in t he journal Sleep Medicine describes how Disney creat ors used real sleep disorders in many of t heir animat ed pet s. 4. Blinking Each t ime we blink, our brain kicks in and keeps t hings illuminat ed so t he whole world doesn’t go dark each t ime we blink (about 20,000 t imes a day). 5. Laughing Laughing at a joke is no simple t ask as it requires act ivit y in f ive dif f erent areas of t he brain. 6. Yawns are contagious Ever not ice t hat you yawned af t er someone around you did? Scient ist s believe t his may be a response t o an ancient social behavior f or communicat ion t hat humans st ill have.


7. Brain Bank Harvard maint ains a Brain Bank where over 7,000 human brains are st ore f or research purposes.

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