26-07-2016 09:30 via theguardian.com

The 5 most surreal claims about the brain | Dean Burnett

While much of the brain remains a mystery, we know a lot more about it than people realise. However, some of the claims made about it are just plain weirdOn July 31st 2016, this blog will have been in existence for four years exactly. A huge thanks to everyone who’s made the effort to read it in that time (an alarming number of you). Normally there’d be a post on the day to mark the occasion, but this year the 31st is a) a Sunday, and b) my birthday, so even if I could be bothered to
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