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 most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million.

A group of cats is called a clowder

68 percent of a Hostess Twinkie is air!

You're more likely to be killed by a cow than a shark. 

The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!

The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.

According to the clock, the first areas to experience a new day and a New Year are islands that use UTC 14, the Line Islands, and in the southern summer also Samoa. The first major city is Auckland, New Zealand. The areas that are the first to see the daylight of a new day vary by the season.

Breeding of the German Riding Pony began in 1965.

In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.

Walmart sells more bananas than any other item.

A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.

A group of hedgehogs is called a prickle.

A Giraffe has the same number of bones in its neck as a man.

In Switzerland, it's illegal to own just one guinea pig.

The best recorded distance for projectile vomiting is 27 feet.

Interesting sports played in Finland, that actually have annual championships: mosquito hunting, mobile phone throwing, swamp football, rubber boot throwing, and air guitar.

Seaweed can grow up to 12 inches per day!

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English language. It's a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and dust.

The Blue Whale's tongue weighs more than an adult elephant!