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Is the brain made of fat tissue?

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The mass of an adult human brain is approximately 1300 to 1400 grams (2.87 to 3.1 pounds).

A newborn human brain is about 350 to 400 grams (0.77 to 0.88 pounds).

The average Male's brain weighs 1360 grams (3 pounds)

The average Female's brain weighs 1250 grams (2.8 pounds)

The brain weights of some well known people:

The brain of Albert Einstein weighed 1230 grams (2.71 pounds)

The brain of the German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss weighed 1492 grams (3.29 pounds)

The brain of the leading poet of Russian Revolution Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky weighed 1700 grams (3.75 pounds)

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According to the Ripley's Believe it or Not I got in my email inbox from comics.com on April 11, 2009, the answer is 70%.

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No, it is made of neurons and nerve cells.

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three and half kg's

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90% of your brain is fat

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no?

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VERY

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1.05 g/mL

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½ kilos

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