*Fascinating Facts About Your Brain*
We've long known that the brain is an amazing thing, but did you
specifically know that:
• Every person has more than 75km of nerves in their body.
• Your nerves can send messages faster than a Grand Prix car travels.
• The brain is the most complex machine in the universe - it has over
100,000,000, 000 nerve cells each with up to 150,000 connections. Each cell
is connected to 25,000 others.
• If every person on the planet simultaneously made 200,000 phone calls,
there would be the same total number of connections as in a single human
brain in a day
• The grey cells occupy only 5% of our brains - 95% is taken up by the
communication network that runs between the grey cells!
• The brain weighs about 1.5 kg in an adult human, about 1.5% of the body
weight.
• Damaged brain cells do not regenerate but mental and physical functions
can improve after mild or moderate brain damage with skilful rehabilitation.
• Compared to other animals, human brains are big for the body.
• The human brain is only just bigger than your two fists.
• On average, the male brain (approx 1.4kg) is slightly bigger than the
female brain (approx 1.26kg).
• Each half of the brain controls the other half of your body.
• In right-handed individuals (which comprise 91% of people): the right side
of the brain controls: musical talent, fantasy, imagination, dreams,
drawing, and painting. The left side of the brain controls: mathematical
ability, ability to solve logic problems, controls language skills,
remembers names, dates, and facts.
• The grey part of the brain is folded to fit inside the skull and, if
flattened, it would cover the surface of an office desk.
• The brain contains 100 billion brain cells of which, 100,000 are
irretrievably lost each day.
• You can retain about seven facts at any one time in short term memory, but
over the long term your brain has to forget things to make room for new
memories.
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{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom
(i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue
with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone
astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy
Quran-16:125)
{And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in
His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites
(men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I
am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33)
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if
Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of
camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim]
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever
calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who
follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all."
[Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah]
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