Friday, 29 March 2013

Friday Fun Fact #2: Feet

Here are five interesting facts about feet:

! There are 52 bones in your feet which make up 25% of the bones in the human body.

! Two feet together have 250,000 sweat glands, most feet lose more than 1/4 l of moisture daily .

! Finger and toe nails grow more during hot weather, pregnancy and your teenage years.

! Many people have one foot larger than the other.

! The pressure on your feet when running can be as much as four times your body weight.

Feet!

1 comment:

LSEP said...

I loved the second one. Yuck.

As to the last one, I'd like to know what our knees put up with while we're running.