People have always been fascinated with the BRAINs of famous people..

1.. Albert Einstein’s BRAIN was similar in size to other humans except in the region that is responsible for math and spatial perception.. In that region,, his BRAIN was 35% wider than average..

2.. Famous for knowing all the London streets by heart,, these drivers have a larger than normal hippocampus,, especially the drivers who have been on the job longest.. The study suggests that as people memorize more and more information,, this part of their BRAIN continues to grow..

3.. A BRAIN thought to be 2000 years old was unearthed just recently at the University of York in northern England..

4.. Babe Ruth.. The Babe was tested by two Columbia psychology students and was determined to be working at 90% efficiency compared to the 60% efficiency measured for most people..

5.. Daniel Tammet is an autistic savant who,, since the age of three when he suffered an epileptic seizure,, has been able to perform astounding mathematical computations,, knows seven languages,, and is developing a language of his own..

6.. Jazz musician Keith Jarrett was discovered at age 3 to have perfect pitch,, which scientists can pinpoint in the right frontal lobe..

7.. Vladimir Lyich Lenin.. After his death,, Lenin’s BRAIN was studied and found to have been abnormally large and to have contained numerous neurons in a particular region.. Some believe this BRAIN structure may explain his famous intelligence..

8.. Ben Pridmore,, a world champion memorizer,, memorized 96 historical events in 5 minutes and memorized a single,, shuffled deck of cards in 26..28 seconds..

9.. Henry Molaison.. Known for decades as "HM,," Molaison underwent BRAIN surgery in 1953 and could not form new memories afterward.. He became the most studied patient by those who research the BRAIN.. Molaison died about a year ago and donated his BRAIN to science.. Currently,, it is undergoing extensive research..