Interesting facts about the feet

• The foot is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows locomotion.
• The foot can be subdivided into the hindfoot, the midfoot, and the forefoot.
• The Roman shoemakers were the first to create distinct left and right shoes.
• The largest feet in the world belong to Matthew McGrory (United States) whose feet are a whopping size 28½ (US size).
• The average people walks about 10,000 steps a day.
• By 12, a child’s foot is about 90% of its adult length.
• Twenty-five percent of bones in the human body are located in the feet (52 bones).
• For 2 out of every 10 people the second toe is the longest.
• Early symptoms for arthritis, diabetes and circulatory problems can often show themselves initially in the feet.
• Foot problems occur in females 4 times more than in males.
• The feet produces as much as half a pint of perspiration every day.
• It’s inusual that 2 feet are exactly the same; one of them is often larger than the other.