Here are some fun parenting facts I've learned recently:

Did you know a 5-year-old boy's buttocks can effectively plug the drain of a shower stall in his parents' master bathroom?

Did you know that a shower stall with a buttocks-plugged drain can flood a bathroom in less than 10 minutes?

Did you know that a flooded bathroom floor soaks through to the dining room ceiling below it in about 45 minutes?

Do you know any good drywall people?

Did you know that a child can ask in excess of 20 questions in a minute?

Did you know that the same child won't necessarily stop asking a question even when he gets an answer?

Didja know that?

Didja?

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Didja?

Sorry.

Did you realize that there was anything wrong with the old math we learned when we were kids that necessitated this "new math" our kids are learning now?

Did you know that "showing your work" is just as painful when you're helping an 8-year-old with subtraction as it was when you were doing your own homework 34 years ago?

Did you know a kid can use half a roll of toilet paper in one sitting and still not get the job done?

Did you know that if you do laundry once a week, a kid will never have seven pairs of underpants in his dirty clothes basket? There will be 30 pairs or zero. I don't know which is worse.

Did you know the therapeutic power of a hug?

Did you know that, for a kid with the right color hair, peanut butter makes a powerful, though aromatic, styling gel?

Did you know that three decades of fashion advances have done nothing to make middle school gym uniforms look any better?

Did you know a wet Skittle can write on carpet like a crayon on paper?

Did you know that professional carpet cleaners are miracle workers?

Did you know Kool-Aid was invented in Hastings, Neb., in 1927? And, did you know that if you visit the building where it was invented your feet probably will still stick to the floor in the spot they had their first spill?

Did you know how much more painful it is to watch your child hurt or struggle than it is to hurt or struggle yourself?

Did you know a 6-CD changer in a Chevy Suburban can actually hold 12 CDs? But you better not want to play them. Or want them back.

Did you know a kid would sooner eat a worm out of a mud puddle than vegetables on a dinner plate? (Maybe our mealtime strategy needs some retooling.)

Did you know that, whereas jokes told to adults tend to get considerably less funny with each retelling, kids actually think they're funnier every time you repeat them?

Did you know that a kid can actually laugh so hard he barfs?

Did you know that the same boys whose limited hand-eye coordination keeps them from hitting the toilet today will one day be Army sharpshooters, neurosurgeons and designated hitters?

Did you know that no matter how much you teach your kids, your kids will teach you more?

Didja? Didja? Didja?

Dave Bundy is a father of four and editorial director of the Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis. You can reach him at dbundy@yourjournal.com or (314) 744-5772.