•    The average age children begin to use a microwave is seven.•    A 3-year old Boy’s voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.•    Fathers tend to determine the height of their child, mothers their weight.•    On average, a 4-year-old child asks 437 questions a day.•    Watching television can act as a natural painkiller for children.•    In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives.•    Children’s kneecaps only start to turn bony at 3 years of age, until that they are made of cartilage.•    Children under the age of six are at the greatest risk for crushing or burning injuries of the hand.www.facts-about.com