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Where is the smallest bone in your body?

The stapes, the stirrup-shaped bone in the middle ear, helps conduct sound vibrations to the inner ear; it has never once been a mall kiosk.

On air: Hank Ledger and Chip Darnell on BBN This Morning
Published 9:38 AM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

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First reported by Wikipedia: “Where is the smallest bone in your body?”
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 9:38 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Hank Ledger and Chip Darnell.

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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe question: where is the smallest bone in your body? A, in the toe. B, in the nose. C, in the ear.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorD, in the finger.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOh, that's the toe, Hank. I've been shoe shopping at the Maple Plaza strip mall my whole life. Nothing's smaller than a toe.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTen seconds starts now. Chip, show us what you've got.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe toe's my answer, Hank. I mean, I've never seen anyone's toe bone compared to anything else, so it has to be the smallest, right?
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd the ear? Big. Ear is the anchor store. You can't be the anchor store and the smallest.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFinal answer, A, the toe, and I'm parking by the pretzel place.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe answer is C, in the ear. The stapes, per Wikipedia, sits in your middle ear and is named for its shape: it looks like a stirrup.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWait, so the ear's the anchor store and it has a tiny stirrup kiosk inside?
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwenty-eight years at this desk, and I will not be confirming the food court.