Thursday, September 10, 2009

Tame Your Brain


Interesting article.  Quick read.  Here are some fun facts: The Brain...

*is about 78% water;
*takes about 3 full soda cans of blood per minute to pass through it;
*can stay alive for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen before the cells begin to die;
*processes information at at least 260 Miles Per Hour;
*is about 2% of our total body weight, but uses 20% of our energy;
*it is estimated, has about 70,000 thoughts per day!

http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-09/memory-scientists-say-all-not-forgotten