We should never stop learning. No matter how old we get. If you want to beat boredom and boost your brain power at the same time, you’ve come to the right place. Did you know your brain is not a muscle? It’s an organ made up mainly of fat, water, protein, carbohydrates and salts. And while it might not be an organ, it does need exercise. When you learn new things, your brain changes, and grows - just like a muscle. The good news is you don’t need to be in a classroom to learn something new. There’s an endless supply of lessons in daily life, and right here on the internet. Instagram page factsdailyy is like a gym for your brain. It’s a treasure trove of interesting facts, for when you need to flex your mind. Keep scrolling for some of the best and don’t miss the chat Bored Panda had with Mensa’s Charles Brown, about IQ and intelligence. Canadian science writer and novelist, Grant Allen penned this amusing account of the incident in Seven Year Sleepers: “Being a snail of a retiring and contented disposition, however, accustomed to long droughts and corresponding naps in his native sand-wastes, our mollusk thereupon simply curled himself up into the topmost recesses of his own whorls, and went placidly to sleep in perfect contentment for an unlimited period.” I now have something really interesting to share at the dinner table tonight. But does knowing a wealth of facts make me intelligent? Would I be able to join Mensa, the elite club made up of some of the world’s most brilliant brains? Bored Panda reached out to Charles Brown to find out. He’s the Director of Marketing and Communication for American Mensa. We asked Brown to define intelligence. “At its most basic level, being intelligent just means you can learn or understand things more easily and solve problems more quickly than others,” said Brown. “Generally, someone is born with high intelligence. That intelligence can be nurtured so that it manifests itself in ways that people commonly associate with high intelligence, but you still shouldn’t confuse intelligence with book smarts. Those two things are not mutually inclusive or exclusive." Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Please use high-res photos without watermarks Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.
