Facts about the human brain everyone gets wrong

(via Grunge)  The most important part of your identity is the squishy ball of grey matter squeezed into your skull. Everything you understand about the universe around you can all be credited to your favorite little cognitive organ. Despite the fact that humans spend every waking moment firing up their little think-nuggets, there are a lot of misconceptions about how the brain works, to the point where outright falsehoods are spouted as facts nearly every day.