14 interesting facts you probably didn't know about the human brain

These crazy facts about the human brain will blow your mind.

Brain is the most complicated and mysterious organ in a human body. Located at the centre of the human nervous system, our brain operates most of the functions and activities in our body. It sends and receives a lot of information and controls our thoughts, memories, emotions and literally every movement we make.

Here, we have gathered some amazing facts about the human brain that prove how fascinating and interesting it is!

While the brain weight of a newborn human body is about 400 grams, the weight of an adult brain is about 3 pounds in average. It's about 2% of the body weight.
A human brain is made up of billions of neurons or nerve cells and nerve fibers.
75% of the human brain is water.
Brain's hypothalamus part can't differentiate between extreme happiness and extreme sadness. This is the reason why we sometimes cry at our happiest moments.
A human brain contains approximately 150,000 miles of blood vessels to supply blood and oxygen to all the parts of the organ.
60% of our brain is made up of fat, making it the fattiest organ in the human body.
You have definitely heard that we can use only 10% of our brain. Well, it's a complete myth as we use most of our brain at all the time. The whole brain constantly works throughout the day, even when we are sleeping.
To function properly, our brain needs about 20% of the body's total oxygen, energy and blood. Our brain can't live for more than 6 minutes without oxygen.
A human brain contains three important parts: cerebrum, cerebellum and brain stem. Cerebrum is the biggest part in our brain and it controls the hardest tasks in our body and mind.
At every second, over 100,000 chemical reactions are happening in our brain.
Can you read someone else's face and understand what they are feeling? If yes, then your amygdala (a small part in human brain) is quite strong.
Human brain can't feel any pain as it doesn't contain any pain receptors. However, the surrounding muscles interpret pain and send signals to the spinal cord.
Human brain is composed of 60% white matter and 40% grey matter. A male brain contains 6.5 times more grey matter than a female brain.
Our brain is divided into two symmetrical parts. While the left side works more analytical and is connected to linear thinking, mathematics, logic, thinking in words etc; the right side is more visual and is connected to imagination, intuition, nonverbal cues, visualization etc.