Interesting Facts - Page 225

In 1986, at least 92 people were killed in a hailstorm in Bangladesh, with hailstones the size of grapefruits weighing 1 kilogram each.

During the French Revolution, women known as the "tricoteuses" (knitters) would gather near the guillotines to celebrate people being beheaded.

There is an electoral district in Botswana called "Kanye East".

The term "Michigander" was popularized by Abraham Lincoln when he used it as an insult against Michigan politician Lewis Cass in 1848.

24 out of the 100 most common Japanese surnames contain the character 田 (ta) meaning field or rice field. It's the Ta in Toyota and Narita and Da in Yamada and Haneda.