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).

Canada's official winter sport is hockey, but our summer sport is lacrosse!

Galileo's middle finger is on display at the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy.

Waukesha engines are almost completely interchangeable with one another aside from their cylinder heads.

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

Copper doorknobs are self-disinfecting.

In curling, good sportsmanship and politeness are essential. Congratulating opponents on plays and abstaining from trash talk are part of what’s known as the “Spirit of Curling.”

Forklifts can tip over if overloaded

According to a 2015 study, sarcasm can promote creative thinking.

The Scots have a word for that panicky hesitation you get when you can’t remember someone’s name: tartle.

On August 21, 1911 the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre by 3 Italian handymen, and it was not recovered until 1913. 

A butt is a real unit of measurement for a cask of wine. A buttload is about 108 Imperial gallons.

The emu and the kangaroo are on the Australian coat of arms, firstly because they are unique to the Australian continent, and secondly because they represent forward progression. Neither animal is believed to be capable of taking a backward step easily. 

Green Eggs and Ham was banned in China from 1965 to 1991 for its “portrayal of early Marxism.”

Golden Eagles can fly over 150mph when in attack mode.

Boxers have tigger like personalities.

On this day in 1991, Colleen Dewhurst passed away.

Ada Lovelace, the daughter of poet Lord Byron, wrote the first algorithm created specifically for a machine.

Back in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, the month August was called Weod Monath. Its translation of “weed month” is quite literal – in this month weeds and other plants grow the fastest in the northern hemisphere.

New Zealand was the first country in the world to give women the vote in 1893

Rosa is awesome, Rosa is fine, Rosa didn't write this...

Say cheese? Victorians said "prunes" instead.