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Baby Facts... Strange But True!
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* A baby is born every seven seconds. * Babies are born with very poor vision but can recognize their mothers almost right away. * Babies are always born with blue eyes, within a few moments of delivery their eye color can change. * Babies are born with swimming abilities and can naturally hold their breath. However, they shortly lose this instinct. * Newborns usually double their weight by six months. * Playing classical music will increase a baby's intelligence. * Reading to your child at ANY age will increase their knowledge. * Babies and toddlers are, pound for pound, stronger than oxen. This is especially true of their legs. * Babies are born without kneecaps. The human body is a fascinating study to subject. You may be surprised by the following facts. * Women blink twice as many times as men do. * Eyes are the most active muscles in the whole body. * There are about 550 hairs in the eyebrow. * The life span of a tastebud is 10 days. * Humans have almost 10,000 taste buds. * The colder the room you sleep in, the more likely that you will have a bad dream. * The human body is better suited for two four-hour sleep cycles than one eight-hour one. * The jawbone is the hardest bone in the human body. * It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. * You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world... talk about a lot of celebrating. * The name Wendy was made up for the book “Peter Pan”
This article was posted on February 15, 2005 © Copyright 2005 by Gruntled Enterprises. - All Rights Reserved Home
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