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During the first year of a child's life their feet grow rapidly, reaching almost half their adult size. By the age of 12, a child's foot is about 90 per cent of its adult length. |
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The average person will walk around 128,000kms in a life time, that's more than three times around the earth. |
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A quarter of all the body's bones are in the feet (There are 52 bones in a pair of feet). |
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The record for the person with the biggest feet in the world is held by an American, called Robert Wadlow. His feet were 47cm long and he took size 37 shoes! |
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You need to use 200 muscles in your body to walk. |