MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Are babies really born without kneecaps?

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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Are babies really born without kneecaps?

Ever since I became a father two years ago I’ve heard this from people. That babies don’t have kneecaps when they are born.

This is only half true it turns out. Babies do technically have kneecaps when they are born, the knees just haven’t hardened yet. They actually remain as soft cartilage during childhood until they grow up and it turns into bone.

 

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