I thought it would be fun for everyone to post any random facts they know (or something you Googled or whatever). It can be about anything as long as it's HP-appropriate. One player posts one fact. I'll start:

The Icelandic word for computer is tölva. It was coined in the '60s and is a combination of the words tala (to count) and völva (prophetess).

FACT: The yearly amount of Nutella jars sold could cover The Great Wall of China 8 times! 

An ounce of platinum can be stretched 10,000 feet.

The state of Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia.

FACT: To make 1 lbs (450 grams) of chocolate, it takes approximately 400 cacao beans. 

Europe is the only continent without a desert.

There are more English words beginning with the letter "s" than any other letter! 

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.

China has the maximum number of neighbours touching its border. The 14 countries touching its border are: India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Bhutan and Nepal.

Human saliva has a boiling point three times higher than regular water.

Studies suggest that approximately 10% of the world population is left-handed. 

Crocodiles cannot stick out their tongues

Tarzan is his ape name; his real English name is John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke (according to Burroughs in Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle; Earl of Greystoke in later, less canonical sources, notably the 1984 movie Greystoke).

 A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why

As the capital of Vermont, Montpelier is the site of the Vermont State House, seat of the legislative branch of Vermont government. The population was 7,855 at the 2010 census. By population, it is the smallest state capital in the United States.

When hippos get upset, their sweat turns red.

George Washington Parke Custis, grandson of Martha Washington, acquired the land that now is Arlington National Cemetery in 1802, and began construction of Arlington House. The estate passed to Custis' daughter, Mary Anna, who had married United States Army officer Robert E. Lee.

A cow-bison hybrid is called a beefalo.

Earth's atmosphere is about 300 miles (480 kilometers) thick, but most of it is within 10 miles (16 km) the surface.

While building the Alaska Highway, American soldiers and local workers would roll "dead" vehicles into the path of the highway, fill them with dirt, and leave them there to be built overtop of, as disposing elsewhere was more expensive.

Some angler fish can be quite large, reaching 3.3 feet (1 meter) in length. Most however are significantly smaller, often less than a foot. Their most distinctive feature, worn only by females, is a piece of dorsal spine that protrudes above their mouths like a fishing pole—hence their name.