Odd factoids

[ClichéGuevara]

If the brain was simple enough for us to understand, we wouldn't have the brain capacity to understand it.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Japan’s K computer is one of the most powerful computers in the world.

When programmed to simulate human brain activity, it took 40 minutes to crunch the data equivalent to just one second of brain activity.

The K computer is currently version 1 known as K1. When it reaches version 9 it will have reached the intelligence of a dog.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Half of Britain’s population was wiped out by the Black Death.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

It has since been smashed into oblivion by riders who have been stationary on a turbo for anything up to six hours.

I bet I could easily destroy that record for stationery on a turbot whilst being smashed to oblivion.

 

[classic33]

I bet I could easily destroy that record for stationery on a turbot whilst being smashed to oblivion.

Slapped with the Dover Sole?

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Slapped with the Dover Sole?

Life and sole, me, absolutely brill.

 

[classic33]

The word "halibut" means "holy flatfish" (hali=holy + butte=flatfish) because it was only eaten on holy days.

 

[classic33]

Did you know that when you sneeze, 100,000 germs fly out of your nasal canal at approximately 100 miles per hour?

 

[classic33]

The human body contains over 35 trillion cells. Earth has about 7 billion people, which means that there are 5,000 times more cells in one body than there are people on the planet.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

If the brain was simple enough for us to understand, we wouldn't have the brain capacity to understand it.

The entire connectome of a human brain has now been mapped in the last few weeks. But we still don’t understand how it does what it does and wonder if we ever will?

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

The human body contains over 35 trillion cells. Earth has about 7 billion people, which means that there are 5,000 times more cells in one body than there are people on the planet.

But we don't want any enthusiastic population catch up programme thank you.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The human body contains over 35 trillion cells. Earth has about 7 billion people, which means that there are 5,000 times more cells in one body than there are people on the planet.

There are 7 times as many insects on Earth as there are cells in the Human body.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Extreme heat from the Mount Vesuvius eruption in Italy turned one victim's brain into glass

 

[roadrash]

and also their heart, blonde even sang about it

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Extreme heat from the Mount Vesuvius eruption in Italy turned one victim's brain into glass

Archaeologists say the obtained valuable information by being able to see what was on his mind.