4208. Fact

The bands on hats trace back to the custom of knights wearing their lady loves' scarves around their helmets.

4209. Fact

Men are four times more likely to be struck by lightning than women

4210. Fact

Carpet slippers were created by thrifty housewives who found other uses for old, worn-out pieces of carpet.

4211. Fact

There are approximately 250,000 sweat glands in your feet.

4212. Fact

The Venus flytrap feeds primarily on ants, not flies.

4213. Fact

The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.

4214. Fact

The soundtrack to Oklahoma was the first album to sell one million copies on August 18, 1958.

4215. Fact

In North America there are approximately 618 roller coasters

4216. Fact

The largest cereal company in the world is Quaker Oats, located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

4217. Fact

One in five Americans move homes every year

4218. Fact

Canada declared national beauty contests canceled as of 1992, claiming they were degrading to women.

4219. Fact

Dipsomania refers to an insatiable craving for alcoholic beverages

4220. Fact

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

4221. Fact

When a predator is chasing an impala, a type of antelope, it runs in a zig zag formation jumping as high as three metres

4222. Fact

Haggis, the national dish of Scotland: take the heart, liver, lungs, and small intestine of a calf or sheep, boil them in the stomach of the animal, season with salt, pepper and onions, add suet and oatmeal.

4223. Fact

Montreal was named after a local mountain Mont Royal.

4224. Fact

In Mel Brooks''Silent Movie,'mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.

4225. Fact

The Pantheon is the largest building from ancient Rome that survives intact.

4226. Fact

Although white wine can be produced from both red and white grapes, red wine can only be created from red grapes

4227. Fact

Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.

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