Humans only use 10% of their brains

 This is a misconception that EVERYONE has heard of. Is it true? Nope. Not at all. In fact, some neurologists laugh even at just the thought of it.

So what is the truth? 20%? 50%? 75%?
Well, according to neurologist Barry Gordon from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, "It turns out though, that we use virtually every part of the brain, and that [most of] the brain is active almost all the time". So really, throughout the day, humans use most of our brains most of the time. An exact percentage varies a bit