1. A newborn baby's brain grows almost 3 times during the course
of its first year. 2. The left side of human brain controls the
right side of the body and the right side of the brain controls
the left side of the body. 3. A New born baby loses about half
of their nerve cells before they are born. 4. As we get older,
the brain loses almost one gram per year. 5. There are about 13,
500,00 neurons in the human spinal cord. 6. The total surface
area of the human brain is about 25, 000 square cm. 7. The base
of the spinal cord has a cluster of nerves, which are most
sensitive. 8. An average adult male brain weighs about 1375
grams. 9. An average adult female brain is about 1275 grams. 10.
Only four percent of the brain's cells work while the remaining
cells are kept in reserve.