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Fact 5 Here’s something really strange… Your brain controls everything you feel — pain, touch, temperature…But the brain itself can’t actually feel pain. That’s because the brain has no pain receptors. Which is why during some brain surgeries, doctors can keep patients awake while operating. The pa…

Fact 5 Here’s something really strange… Your brain controls everything you feel — pain, touch, temperature…But the brain itself can’t actually feel pain. That’s because the brain has no pain receptors. Which is why during some brain surgeries, doctors can keep patients awake while operating. The patient can talk…but the brain doesn’t feel the surgery. So yeah… turtles breathe with their butts, sloths out-breathe dolphins, and your brain can’t feel pain. The world is way stranger than we think.