The random pieces of trivia on the Main Page are all on this list:

	Random Trivia List:
	J.R.R. Tolkien was born on the third of January, 1892.
	The Fellowship of the Ring was first published on July 29th 1954.
	J.R.R. Tolkien died on September 2nd, 1973.
	The Silmarillion was first published on September 15, 1977.
	The Hobbit was first published on September 21st, 1937.
	The Unfinished Tales was first published on October 2nd, 1980.
	The Return of the King was first published on October 20th, 1955.
	The Two Towers was first published on November 11th, 1954.
	Tolkien collaborated with E.V. Gordon on a translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in 1925.
	Tolkien married his wife, Edith on the 22 of March, 1916.
	Farmer Giles of Ham was first published in 1949.
	Tree and Leaf was first published in 1964.
	The Adventures of Tom Bombadil was first published in 1962.
	In 1967, Smith of Wootton Major was first published.

The facts listed above are taken from the following sources:

The 50th Anniversary Tolkien Calendar
J.R.R. Tolkien, A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter