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).

Lead Was Once Used in Makeup.

*refrains from sharing morbid True Crime facts* 

Sarah J Mass has written multiple best sellers! 

The first computer was invented in the 1940s.

McDonald’s once made bubblegum-flavored broccoli

You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than 2 miles away.

Did you know a horses hoof is considered a single toe? They used to have three toes on every foot(like a hippo)!

This Native American woman represented her ancestral tribes, and Native Americans, when she was asked by Marlon Brando to decline the Oscar Award for The Godfather.
The article explains why.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacheen_Littlefeather

Some cats are allergic to humans. 

potomac horse fever can often have a secondary endotoxemia that can cause laminitis...so vavccinate! lol

A Chef's hat has exactly 100 pleats. 

On Good Friday in 1930, the BBC reported, “There is no news.” Instead, they played piano music.

This happened!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Alcatraz

Africa is the only continent with land in all four hemispheres.

Japan is home to about a dozen "cat islands"—places where cats significantly outnumber people.

A baby puffin is called a "puffling".

In 1991, Wayne Allwine—who was then the voice of Mickey Mouse—married Russi Taylor, the voice of Minnie.

December 5 is Krampusnacht (Krampus Night), when the half-goat, half-demon of Christmas folklore visits homes to punish naughty children, armed with a bundle of sticks and a chain to take them back to the underworld.

Novelist Patricia Highsmith kept about 300 snails as pets. She carried them in her handbag to parties.

The MOBA, or the Museum of Bad Art in Somerville, Massachusetts, is pretty much exactly what it sounds like— a collection of really bad art.

There's a library in Ankara, Turkey that's filled with discarded books trash collectors rescued from landfills.