Astonishing Facts From Around The Globe #2

• Mel Gibson personally earned almost $400 million from his movie "The Passion of the Christ".

• A chef's hat is shaped the way it is for a reason: its shape allows air to circulate around the scalp, keeping the head cool in a hot kitchen.

• The day after President George W. Bush was reelected, Canada's main immigration website had 115,000 visitors. Before Bush's re-election, this site averaged about 20,000 visitors each day.

• 90% of Canada's 31,000,000 citizens live within 100 miles of the U.S. border.

• Even today, 90% of the continental United States is still open space, forests or farmland.

• Each year, more people are killed by teddy bears than by grizzly bears.