OH THE BRAIN, the thing piloting your swiping fingers and fidgeting thumbs right now.

HE'S a pretty complex boy,

BUT would you believe that all the way back in the 7th century a monk by the name of Bricin was poking holes in injured warrior's skulls AND doing a damn good job on it too?

LEARN about the:

THOUSAND-year-old medical art of trepanation.

GOD of medicine in Ireland and the surprisingly terrifying origin of the River Barrow.

BRAIN BALLS and the man whose head exploded when he heard of a certain someone's crucificion.