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).

In 1897, Indiana state legislators tried to pass a bill that would have legally redefined the value of pi as 3.2.

According to one study, most dogs reach peak cuteness between six and eight weeks old.

According to a 2010 study, people fluent in multiple languages almost always swear in their native tongue.

Both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, exactly 50 years after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

A single strand of Spaghetti is called a “Spaghetto

7.5 million toothpicks can be made from one cord of wood.

A cord of wood is 128 cubic feet.

Since a cord is 4 ft high by 4 ft wide by 8 feet long, a full truck box = 1 cord of wood.
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COugars can make sounds like women and children screaming.

Cats can be allergic to people

Wendy's founder Dave Thomas dropped out of high school but picked up his GED in 1993. His GED class voted him Most Likely to Succeed.

Cats make about 100 different sounds. Dogs make only about 10.

When Angelfire launched in the mid-1990s, it offered medical transcription services as well as web-building tools.

The Eiffel Tower leans slightly toward the shade on sunny days.

An orange tabby cat by the name of Stubbs was the mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska for 20 years.

In 1953, it took 27 hours to create one PEEPS Marshmallow Chick. The same process takes six minutes today.

The moon has moonquakes.

I learned from my son's preschool that sloths are really good at swimming.

The 100 folds in a chef’s toque are said to represent 100 ways to cook an egg.