I am a nerd when it comes to fun facts that I didn’t know. It doesn’t mean that I always remember them (I’m HORRIBLE at trivia games), but nonetheless I enjoy some good ole fun facts! I am banking on the fact that someone else out there is also a “Fun Fact Nerd” with me. So, here ya go! 19 Fun Facts about children you may not have known!

Fact 1:

The average age children begin to use a microwave is seven.

Fact 2:
A 3-year old Boy’s voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.

Fact 3:
Fathers tend to determine the height of their child, mothers their weight.

Fact 4:
On average, a 4-year-old child asks 437 questions a day.

Fact 5:
Watching television can act as a natural painkiller for children.

Fact 6:
In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives.

Fact 7:
The great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

Fact 8:
Childrens kneecaps only start to turn bony at 3 years of age, until that they are made of cartilage.

Fact 9:
Both boys and girls in 1600s England and New England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.

Fact 10:
Children under the age of six are at the greatest risk for crushing or burning injuries of the hand.

Fact 11:
If babies’ bodies grew at the same rapid pace as their brains, they would weigh 170 pounds by one month of age.
Fact 12:
60% of all the energy a baby expends is concentrated in the brain.
Fact 13:
The birth-to-three period is the fastest rate of brain development across the entire human life span.
Fact 14:
Babies whose parents frequently talk to them know 300 more words by age 2 than babies whose parents rarely speak to them.
Fact 15:
By age 1, a child typically understands about 70 words, but can only speak only a handful of them. At about 18 months, your toddler’s spoken vocabulary starts to explode, adding new words at the astonishing rate of one every two waking hours.
Fact 16:
When your toddler announces, “Mine!” while clinging to his truck in a playgroup, it’s not so much a selfish refusal to share as it is a cognitive achievement. The declaration of “mine” is his way of saying he understands that you — and the other children — are separate from him.
Fact 17:
Music boosts learning. Singing, listening to, and playing music improves spatial orientation and mathematical thinking.
Fact 18:
A baby has 300 separate bones at birth but by adulthood only 206. Why?

Because some bones, like the skull, fuse together later.

Fact 19:
Until the age of six or seven months, a child can breathe and swallow at the same time. –
75% of adults reading this will try to do it!


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