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 first president to win was Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 for his efforts to help end the Russo-Japanese War. 

In humans for example, the skin located under the eyes and around the eyelids is the thinnest skin in the body at 0.5 mm thick, and is one of the first areas to show signs of aging such as "crows feet" and wrinkles.

In America, Cheese Is One of the Most Popular Flavors of Popcorn Nationwide

...................cheese popcorn!?

Opossums are not rodents. They are an order unto themselves, part of the "infraclass" known as marsupials. 

Great Britain is an island that consists of three somewhat autonomous regions that include England, Scotland, and Wales.

On November 2, 1868, the then-British colony of New Zealand officially adopted a standard time to be observed throughout the colony and was perhaps the first country to do so.

Bones stop growing after puberty and muscle and fat cells also stop dividing. But cartilage - that's the plastic-like stuff in ears and noses - continues to grow until the day you die. Not only does cartilage grow, but the earlobes elongate from gravity. And that makes ears look even larger.

Viking men wore makeup.

Oranges are in fact, orange in color.

The smallest bone in your body is found in your inner ear and is called the stapes.

“Life is short but also like terribly and insufferably long at the same time.” - Jenna Marbles

The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,000 feet or 1,800 meters).

cats produce the purring noise by using the vocal folds and/or the muscles of the larynx to alternately dilate and constrict the glottis rapidly, causing air vibrations during inhalation and exhalation.

Danny DeVito is an experienced hairdresser.

Sarabi is Simba's mother, Mufasa's wife and Kiara's grandmother. Her name means "mirage" in Swahili.

During World War II, the term security blanket was slang for measures meant to keep military information secret, or covered up.

I am a first generation icelandic (american). OP spoke to me with the icelandic word XD  vá

A cat named Meow weighed 39.6 pounds (18.0 kilograms), making him the heaviest cat in the world at the time, but not the heaviest on record.

You can actually die from drinking too much water

Belly button lint is caused by hairs on the abdomen funneling fibers into the belly button.

"Livin' On A Prayer" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US in February 1987, and held the position for four weeks. Slippery When Wet, the 1986 album upon which "Livin' On A Prayer" appears, was Bon Jovi's best-selling album ever.