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).

Your mouth produces about a litre of saliva each day.

What Americans call "buffalo" are actually Bison, the only actual buffaloes are water buffaloes (found in Asia and Eurpose) and Cape Buffaloes (found in Africa).

The jaguar is the largest big cat in the Americas and the third largest big cat in the world after the tiger and lion.

Your skeleton is completely renewed every 10 years.

Cats sleep 16-18 hours a day

(livin' the dream)

Kale has been grown since Ancient Roman times.

Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916.

There are more than 7,500 varieties of apples in the world.

Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark!

If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

Tomatoes were originally thought to be poisonous.

Marshmallows were originally made from the sweet sap of the 'Mallow' Plant that grows in salty marshes near large bodies of water and grow 2 to 4 feet high.

Hence the name..."Marsh-Mallow"

More people have a phobia of frogs than rats.

The bagpipe was originally made from the skin of a dead sheep.

Girls have more tastebuds than boys.

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

Minnesota means "Sky-tinted water" in the Dakota language. 

A group of kangaroos is called a mob.