Welcome to Day 14 of my July trivia posts.*
Trivia: Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
This is true. Amazing.
I rarely think about my kneecaps. I also rarely think about babies, but the more I learn, the more I realize that babies don’t come out complete. They grow some parts outside of the womb.
Knees and kneecaps are not the same. Kneecaps protect your knee, but do not aid in the knee’s motion.
When babies are born, their kneecaps are not bone. They are made up of soft cartilage. They ossify between two and six years of age. Obviously, this does not affect the baby’s movement. Crazy!!!
Kneecaps also do not affect an adult’s movement. If a grown-up had to have their kneecap removed, they could still walk. Crazy!!!
I give this trivia a 10 out of 10. The trivia is true, and now I know a little more about babies and knees.
*I’m doing something hard (for me) in July that I don’t want to talk about until August (in case I fail.) This something takes a lot of time, so I’m simplifying my July posts. I’m using a list of trivia that Aunt Patti emailed me. Each day, I will explore a trivia fact and bring you the truth, not just the clickbait. I might even rate the trivia. I think this will be fun because I love exploring new topics and sharing them with you. I hope you learn something too. If you do, why not share it with a friend. One of my goals is to get more readers, and word of mouth is a great way to do that. Many thanks.