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brain

  • Your brain uses less power than a mini flashlight, about 12 watts. Know more about this fact
  • The body can function without a brain. And anyone who has walked around the city on a Saturday night will know what I mean. (someone else said this)
  • Rice and other grains contain chemicals that can enhance brain function
  • Your brain is almost 80% water
  • Everyday, the human brain generates more electrical impulses than all the telephone wires in the world put together
  • Your brain weighs less than your skin

Tyrannosaurus Rex

  • The Tyrannosaurus Rex (T Rex) has a smell centre in its brain the size of an orange. Ours in comparison is as big as a pea
  • The T Rex had only 2 fingers on each hand that could never reach its mouth
  • The Tyrannosaurus Rex has jaws (4 feet) longer than its arm (3 feet)
  • If the T-Rex tripped while running, the fall could possibly kill it
  • The closest living relative to the T-Rex is the chicken!

Einstein, Albert

  • After Albert Einstein died, his brain was removed by a pathologist and put in a jar for future study
  • Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952 (73 years old), but he declined
  • Einstein often needed the help of mathematicians to recheck his calculations
  • Einstein disliked wearing socks, and after the death of his 2nd wife would wear sandals
  • Einstein said that the hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax

starfish

  • The starfish is one of the only animals who can turn its stomach inside-out. They also don’t have brains. (See the connection?)

rice

  • Rice and some other grains contain chemicals that can enhance brain functions

ostrich

  • An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain
  • Ostriches stick their heads into the sand to find underground drinking water
  • Ostriches can only kick forward
  • The Ostrich people in Africa are a group of people who have only 2 toes due to inbreeding (From Ripley’s believe it or not)
  • In a study of over 200,000 ostriches over 80 years, noone has ever seen an ostrich bury its head in the sand

crocodiles

  • Crocodiles have brains no larger than a cigar and they cannot stick their tongue out. (I wonder why)
  • Crocodiles can snap their jaws in 1/8th of a second and can use over 40 sets of teeth

ants

  • Ants make up 1/10 of the total world animal tissue, and some can survive for up to two days underwater (African army ant)
  • The animal with the largest brain in proportion to its size is the ant
  • Ants dont sleep. Thanx teepo (apparently noone can be sure since they don’t have eyelids, they also have no need for sleep)
  • Ants taste like sweet tarts. (from experience..)Thanx RiffSingr
  • There are one million ants to every human in the world