Fun Foot Facts

• Each foot contains 26 bones and more than 100 ligaments 

• Your feet contain more than an quarter of all the bones in your body 

• The skin on your feet has more than 7,000 nerve endings 

• There are more than 125,000 sweat glands on each foot, more than anywhere else on your body 

• Your feet produce an eggcup’s worth of sweat each day 

• It’s against the law to take off your shoes if you have smelly feet in a theatre in Winnetka Illinos

• The record for the person with the biggest feet was held by a man in America called Robert Wadlow. His feet were 47cm long and he took size 37 shoes. 

• On average a human being will walk, during their life time, the equivalent of 4 times around the globe.