bobbie
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Interesting Foot Facts
1. The average person walks approximately 130,000 kilometres in their lifetime, which is more than 3 times around the world. 2. It's rare that both feet are exactly the same size, one is often larger than the other. 3. In a pair of feet there are 250,000 sweat glands that produce approximately 500ml of sweat each day. 4. When walking, each time your heel lifts off the ground, it forces the toes to carry one half of your body weight! 5. 58% of women regularly paint their nails. 6. One type of humming bird is the size of an average nail. 7. A quarter of all the body's bones are in the feet (52 bones in a pair of feet). 8. Your nails on either hand grow at different rates according to whether you are right or left handed. 9. The growth rate is faster on the hand that you use the most, i.e. if you are left handed, your left hand nails will grow more quickly than your right hand nails. 10. Fingernails grow nearly four times faster than toenails. 11. Ingrown toenails are hereditary. 12. By the time you are 12 years old, your feet are 90% of their adult size.
So give your feet and nails the attention they deserve!
1. The average person walks approximately 130,000 kilometres in their lifetime, which is more than 3 times around the world. 2. It's rare that both feet are exactly the same size, one is often larger than the other. 3. In a pair of feet there are 250,000 sweat glands that produce approximately 500ml of sweat each day. 4. When walking, each time your heel lifts off the ground, it forces the toes to carry one half of your body weight! 5. 58% of women regularly paint their nails. 6. One type of humming bird is the size of an average nail. 7. A quarter of all the body's bones are in the feet (52 bones in a pair of feet). 8. Your nails on either hand grow at different rates according to whether you are right or left handed. 9. The growth rate is faster on the hand that you use the most, i.e. if you are left handed, your left hand nails will grow more quickly than your right hand nails. 10. Fingernails grow nearly four times faster than toenails. 11. Ingrown toenails are hereditary. 12. By the time you are 12 years old, your feet are 90% of their adult size.
So give your feet and nails the attention they deserve!
