Bull's Offbeat Oddities

bulldawgz1003 · Post by **bulldawgz1003** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:38 pm

Did you know that...

...the only bird that can fly backwards is the hummingbird?

...a practical can opener was invented in 1858, about 50 years after the can?

...we're born with 300 bones but only have 206 when we reach adulthood?

...almonds are members of the peach family?

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:42 pm

OK what happened to those 94 bones...???:-3

[QUOTE]...we're born with 300 bones but only have 206 when we reach adulthood?[/QUOTE]

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:48 pm

CARLA wrote: OK what happened to those 94 bones...???:-3

They fuse together. :-2

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 3:08 pm

Were talking 94 bones here, not just a few as you grow that fuse together.. 94 bones that's a heck of a lot of fusing going on..:-3

[QUOTE]They fuse together. [/QUOTE]