Random Fact # 52

Every year there are 25,000 babies born with a heart defect.
Trav you aren't that special.

Random Fact #51

It is estimated that 1/4 pregnancies end in miscarriage.  Most of these pregnancies end in the first few days after conception and most are due to chromosomal defects.

Random Fact # 50

There are 300 trillion neuronal connections in the cortex of the brain. Counting one connection per second it would take you 30 million years to finish. 

Random Fact #49

Parasitic infection causes an immune response in the body to help combat the invader. In Canada and the US parasite infection are very rare and therefore we do not have the heightened immune response.  It is thought that some diseases like irritable bowel syndrome and some food allergies are because we do not have this immune memory, caused by fighting the parasite.  This is now opening the idea to purposefully infect a person with a weakened parasite in hope that the body will kill the parasite and up their own immune response.

Random Fact #48

80% of humans are left brain dominant for language.  This means that if an injury occurs on the right side of the brain, in which the language area is damaged, only 20% of people will be unable to speak.  There is also a language comprehension area that is located on the dominant side, at the back of the brain.  So potentially, the language are could be damaged but the comprehension area is fine (they have different blood supplies).  If this is the case the person will be able to understand what is said but be unable to communicate a response.

Random Fact #47

There are an estimated 250 trillion nerve connections in the human brain.

Random Fact #46

In the auditory association areas of the brain, there are thought to be single nerves that correspond a single word. For instance, there would be one nerve for the word no, one nerve for more, and one nerve for shopping. The way certain people process that information, however, is greatly different.