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).

Residents of the Galápagos island of Floreana use a barrel of disorganized mail in place of a formal postal system. Tourists are responsible for sorting through the mail and grabbing any parcels they can deliver on the way to where they’re headed.

Bedding was such a luxury in the Middle Ages that blankets and sheets were written into wills.

Earmuffs were invented by a 15-year-old.

My ubereats gets delivered at exactly 9:28pm ;P LOL 

Did you know an elephant is the only mammal that can't jump?

Rosa is awesome, Rosa is fine, Rosa didn't write this...

Melbourne gave some of its trees email addresses so residents could report problems. Instead, the trees received love letters.

Ha! It's currently 11:11 on 11/11 in my time zone.

Edit: It's actually 11:13 as I took way too long connecting the dots and sharing my exclamation with the world of HP. :/

Playing Electronic dance music (EDM) can ward off musquito's

Apparantly the very high and very low frequencies, as well as the loudness and acalating pitches, discourages the mosquito from mating and biting.
The test has been done while playing Skrillex - Scary monsters and nice sprites.

Did you know that while horses ovulate 2 week-20 days after giving birth, they usually aren't receptive to stallions because of hormones?

Did you know that if your dog is having stomach problems, the best food to give them is plain rice, plain boiled chicken, and depending on the issue - pumpkin puree? 

When pirate Richard Worley, captain of the New York’s Revenge, captured his second ship, he named it the New York Revenge’s Revenge.

^ I suppose that is better than the New New York's Revenge.

Did you know the language of "La Gomera", which is off the coast of Spain, consists entirely of whistles.

Italians once believed that eggplants made you insane. The Italian word for eggplant is, Melanzana, which translates to 'apple of madness’. Their reasoning: eggplants are nightshades like potatoes and tomatoes, which are close relatives to many toxic nightshade plants.

When hermit crabs find a shell thats too large for them, they line up in order of size - largest to smallest - so that when the right sized crab finally comes along and takes the too large shell, they can all trade their shells down the line and everybody is happy :D

THERE ARE NO KNOWN VENOMOUS TURTLES.

Hollywood starlet Hedy Lamarr is often called the “mother of Wi-Fi.” She helped invent a version of the frequency-hopping system that led to the creation of GPS, Bluetooth, and wireless internet.

On Scooby-Doo, Shaggy’s real name is Norville Rogers.

There are more dogs than kids in Paris. 

Pineapples are carnivorous.

There are around 130 million published books.