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).

I mowed the lawn three times this week.

Cats sleep average 15 hours a day

the word "nerd" first appeared in a Dr. Suess book in 1950 (if i ran the zoo)

Dogs tell time through scents

Sometimes it snows on Mars—but the snowflakes are made out of carbon dioxide, not water. The flakes don’t fall, but create a fog-like effect.

All dogs descend from a species of wolf but none of them from the grey wolf. 

Umchina, a Korean term meaning "mom's friend's son," is used to describe a person who's better at everything than you are.

Crab apples are the only native apple to America 

the earth travels around the sun at 67,000 miles per hour

Bananas are technically a berry 

An ostriches eye is bigger than its brain 

Goldfish actually have up to 3 months memory, not 3 seconds like people believe 

Most people can't lick their own elbow

The circulatory system is more than 60,000 miles long

The sky is blue 

Chickens are related to the t-rex

My dog is sleeping next to me

The clocks go forward once a year and back once a year in the uk 

I had ice cream cake today