What type of hat can a winter mountain wear that never fits on any human head, no matter how cold it gets?
An ice cap
The answer relies on two different usages of the word 'cap.' A human wears a knit winter cap to stay warm during cold snow storms, whereas a thick frozen cover over a mountain peak is geographically known as an ice cap.
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