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Think of your brain is the most powerful tool to figure out what happens in your life? Let's give a shot of an example, you have your brain to make such inventions, breakthrough, and all things considered as ideas. Well, brain is indeed having the main role in our life, realise it or not, you always use it everyday to do almost anything. But, the brain itself also having the weakness-side, as we may or may not realise it. For instance: Multi-tasking, is a word to describe 2 things which are done at the same time, and related to our brain, we can't even do this well.

Anyway i have kind of tricky facts to play along with your brain, and try to prove it that, even few simple games, we can be fooled by.

These are things, that you can try at your friends:

1. Biblical question

Here's a simple question to put your Biblical knowledge to the test. But don't worry, you don't have to go to church or temple every day of the week to get it right: How many of each kind of animal did Moses bring on his ark?

If you answered "two," you're like most people … and you're incorrect. It was Noah who took animals on his craft.

Most people get this question wrong because the brain is primed by the words "biblical," "ark" and "animals," and goes straight into accessing its Bible-related knowledge to answer, said Jason Silva, the host of the show. This allows the brain to gloss over the fact that Moses is not the right guy.  

2. Mary's mother

Mary's mother has four children: April, May, June and …?

If you answered "July," you've been tricked. The correct answer is Mary. Your brain is built to be efficient and looks for patterns in everything, Silva said. Even though the answer is contained in the first two words of the riddle, your brain automatically goes to "July," because that's the next month. This riddle reveals your automatic, or system 1, brain process at work. This system uses shortcuts in an effort to save the brain energy needed to do other things, like running the body and keeping a person alive.

3. School bus

Quick: which way is this bus headed? (The image shows a bus without any markings on its side.) The correct answer is to the left — the entrance on a bus is always on the right side, which must be facing away. Children, with more recent experience on buses, are much better at answering this question than adults. It illustrates how important cues and former experience are in interpreting a sight or situation.

source: http://www.livescience.com/28911-7-ways-to-trick-your-brain.html