100,000 Miles of Blood Vessels in the Brain

There are also a hundred billion neurons that comprise the brain – as many as in the entire galaxy – all in a squishy mass about the size of a cantaloupe. Using about 17% of your body's energy and 20% of its oxygen, while only containing 2% of its mass, the brain produces between 10-23 watts of power when awake -- enough to light a bulb. Made of 75% water, your noodle has over 100 trillion synapses that connect those neurons and enough “space” to hold the entire Enclyclopedia Britannica fivefold, or 1,000 terrabytes of information. And the Cheech and Chong myth isn't true; you do use your entire brain, even when high

The Brain Feels No Pain

"Relax, this won't hurt a bit..."

There are no pain receptors in the brain. That's why surgeons can perform brain surgery on a patient why they are still awake. This helps them ensure that the delicate procedure doesn't screw up any vision or motor control functions – and also it looks really freaky. 

2496 people simultaneously rotating the hoop in Taipei, Taiwan, August 20, 2011.

Tigers not only have stripes on their fur, they also have them on their skin. No two tigers ever have the same stripes.

Thaneshvar Guragan set a record for the duration of the rotation, in the Guinness World Records – 30 minutes.

The world’s largest drum set in the South Korean Yondone. Its diameter – 6.4 meters.

Scientists create Matrix-esque artificial womb

Thanks to scientists in Japan, we are one step closer to being batteries for our robot overlords. The hope of the team is to one day be able to perform lifesaving fetal procedures without risk to the mother.