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).

if you lift a kangaroos tail off the ground it cant hop

Your stomach manufactures a new lining every three days to avoid digesting itself.

Celery has negitive calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

The heart of a shrimp is located in its head.

It is believed that the expression ''hit your funny bone'' is derived from the humerus bone, which sounds like humerous. There's a nerve that runs on the side of the elbow and when you hit it, it causes the tingling sensation.

South Point Hawaii (also known as Ka Lae) is the somewhat out of the way but remarkable place that is famous for being the southernmost point in the United States (nope, it's not Key West).

http://www.best-big-island-hawaii.com/south-point-hawaii.html

Although known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes," Minnesota has 11,842 lakes of 10 acres or more. If all lake basins over 2.5 acres were counted, however, Minnesota would have 21,871 lakes.

Finland has 188,000 lakes and yet is called the Land of a Thousand Lakes xD Pants, we gotta switch the nicknames!

bahaha!

The Jaguar is the largest cat in the Americas and the third largest in the world - after the tiger and the lion.

The oldest known age for a fish was an Australian lungfish. In 2003, it was still alive and well at 65 years old.

A cow-bison hybrid is called a beefalo.

Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.

Cats can hear ultrasound.

Did you know that the song "Home on the Range" talks about dear and antalope playing, but the antalope are really American Pronghorns? Antalope are native to Africa, not the United States.  

Kenny Baker (born August 24, 1934) is a British actor best known as the man inside of R2-D2 in the film series. Baker, at 3 feet, 8 inches (112 cm) tall, was a circus and cabaret performer with entertainer Jack Purvis when George Lucas hired him to be the man inside R2-D2 in Star Wars in 1977.

Canada's motto is ''a mari usque ad mare,'' meaning from sea to sea.

Africa is the only continent that covers all four hemispheres. 

Poutine is a delicious comfort food from Quebec :D

Norwegian Fjord horses are named after the Norwegian fjords in Norway - which are long, narrow inlets of the sea between enormous cliffs.