Random Facts #21

• Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.
• The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
• You’re more likely to be a target for mosquitoes if you consume bananas.
• The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay.
• Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
• Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.
• In ancient Egypt, priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
• Sound carries so well in the arctic that, on a calm day, a conversation can be heard from 1.8 miles away.
• The Eiffel Tower shrinks 6 inches in winter.
• In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death.