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).

The name jaguar comes from the Native American word yaguar, which means ‘he who kills with one leap’.

Great white sharks rarely survive in captivity. Experts suspect the electricity in buildings interferes with the animals' electrosensory systems—though that hasn't stopped some aquariums from trying, and failing, to display them.

Jaguars have the highest bite force of any big cat.

The plural of cul-de-sac is culs-de-sac.

Danny DeVito is an experienced hairdresser.

IKEA consumes about 1 percent of the world's lumber.

The first person convicted of speeding was going 8mph.

Ornithologists often use Cheetos to study behavior in crows. Along with being easy to spot because of their bright orange color, they’re also one of a crow’s favorite treats.

• Vacuum cleaners were originally horse-drawn.

A single glance can tell you if a horse has had an abscess - the coronet band will be thicker.

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

Most root beer is free of caffeine.... except Barqs.

The average cumulus cloud weighs roughly 1.1 million pounds.

Banana flavoured medicine does not tste like bananas because the taste is derived from a now-extinct banana.

Blue whales may weigh up to twice as much as the largest dinosaur.

You can propegate vine plants from any clipping.

Gingers tend to have unusually high pain tolerances.

Only two mammals like spicy food: humans and the tree shrew.

Waukesha engines have a town named after them