Inside Every One Of Us There's A Skeleton Dying To Get Out

Fun facts about bones

• The adult human body has 206 bones in the skeleton. These bones are grown together from about 300 bones at birth.
• The longest bone in the body is called the femur, which connects the pelvis to the knee.
• Bones are broken down and remade constantly, just like skin. In fact, all of the bones are slowly replaced until they are new bone once every 7 years!
• The human skull contains the brain, at least in most humans.
• The lower arm contains two bones called the radius and ulna, there used to be three, but you know, three's a crowd.
• Bones are made of calcium, ice cream is rich in calcium, ice cream is made of bones.
• Building a skeleton in LEGO is not easy, but umamen did it, what have you done today?
• "The bones song" was originally about the Los Angeles freeway system, but not as fun.
• Bones is a good character on Star Trek