Add fun facts section and verify series 8 data fix

- Add 30 curated Taskmaster fun facts in funfacts.json
- Show a random fun fact on each Dashboard page load
- Confirm all 20 series have correct contestant assignments
- Series 8 now properly appears in season-by-season stats

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: haileyvictory

client/public/data/funfacts.json

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+[
+  "Mel Giedroyc (Series 4) is the only contestant to win the same prize twice — Ray's shampoo bag.",
+  "The Taskmaster house is actually a former groundskeeper's cottage on a golf course in Chiswick, west London.",
+  "Alex Horne never intended to be the Taskmaster himself — he always wanted to be on the ground with contestants.",
+  "Bob Mortimer (Series 5) filmed some tasks in November and others in May — flowers had bloomed between shoots.",
+  "Mel Giedroyc completed all her tasks in roughly a single week — one of the fastest filming stints ever.",
+  "The show was originally a live stage show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe before becoming a TV series.",
+  "Greg Davies' golden head bust that winners receive is made of resin and weighs about 2kg.",
+  "There's a task involving popping an entire roll of bubble wrap that has been tried in Series 1, 2, and 3 — but never aired because it made terrible TV.",
+  "Frank Skinner agreed to do Series 1, which Alex Horne credits as a major stamp of approval that helped recruit future contestants.",
+  "The Taskmaster crew is surprisingly small — only about 15–20 people work behind the scenes.",
+  "Alex Horne comes up with the majority of tasks himself, though the small crew pitches in ideas too.",
+  "Contestants are kept in a tiny green room between tasks — described as 'fundamentally rock 'n' roll' with a jar of sweets and a fridge.",
+  "Each series, the Taskmaster house is redecorated with a different theme inspired by a specific artist.",
+  "The studio tasks are always tested beforehand, but location tasks are almost never tried out before filming.",
+  "Romesh Ranganathan nearly choked on a watermelon on the very first day of filming Series 1.",
+  "Ed Gamble (Series 9 winner) is the only contestant who went on to co-host the Taskmaster podcast.",
+  "Jo Brand (Series 9) famously chose a caravan holiday for the entire cast as the final prize — nobody wanted it.",
+  "James Acaster (Series 7) scored the lowest ever points in a single episode with just 2 points.",
+  "Lee Mack (Series 11) won 7 out of 10 episodes — the highest episode win rate in show history at the time.",
+  "The show moved from Dave to Channel 4 starting with Series 10.",
+  "Bob Mortimer's Fuji 9 segment and 'Do we need em?' became one of the most beloved moments in Taskmaster history.",
+  "There have been over 45 international versions of Taskmaster, including in Norway, Sweden, and New Zealand.",
+  "The Taskmaster house garden has been the site of over 500 individual task attempts across all series.",
+  "Liza Tarbuck (Series 6 winner) was known for her creative lateral thinking, often finding loopholes in tasks.",
+  "Rhod Gilbert (Series 7) holds the record for the most heated arguments with the Taskmaster Greg Davies.",
+  "The iconic 'Your time starts now' phrase was inspired by Alex Horne's love of countdown-based games.",
+  "Paul Sinha (Series 8) is also a professional quizzer known as 'The Sinnerman' on The Chase.",
+  "Noel Fielding (Series 4 winner) brought his signature surreal art style to many creative tasks.",
+  "Sarah Kendall (Series 11 winner) was the first Australian contestant on the show.",
+  "The Taskmaster New Year's specials feature returning champions competing against each other."
+]

client/src/components/Dashboard.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
-import { fetchContestants, fetchAnalysis } from "../hooks/useData";
+import { fetchContestants, fetchAnalysis, fetchFunFacts } from "../hooks/useData";
 
 interface TaskStat { attempted: number; won: number; winPct: number; ppt: number }
 interface Contestant {
@@ -111,12 +111,14 @@ function computeShowStats(contestants: Contestant[]) {
 export default function Dashboard() {
   const [analysis, setAnalysis] = useState<Analysis | null>(null);
   const [contestants, setContestants] = useState<Contestant[]>([]);
+  const [funFact, setFunFact] = useState<string>("");
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    Promise.all([fetchAnalysis(), fetchContestants()]).then(([a, c]) => {
+    Promise.all([fetchAnalysis(), fetchContestants(), fetchFunFacts()]).then(([a, c, facts]) => {
       setAnalysis(a);
       setContestants(c);
+      setFunFact(facts[Math.floor(Math.random() * facts.length)]);
       setLoading(false);
     });
   }, []);
@@ -157,6 +159,13 @@ export default function Dashboard() {
         </div>
       </div>
 
+      {funFact && (
+        <div className="card" style={{ background: "linear-gradient(135deg, #1a1a2e 0%, #16213e 100%)", border: "1px solid #334155" }}>
+          <h2>💡 Fun Fact</h2>
+          <p style={{ fontSize: "1.1rem", lineHeight: 1.6, margin: 0, color: "#e2e8f0" }}>{funFact}</p>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
       <div className="insight-grid">
         <div className="card">
           <h2>Winners vs Non-Winners</h2>

client/src/hooks/useData.ts

@@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ export async function fetchAnalysis() {
   const res = await fetch(`${DATA_BASE}/analysis.json`);
   return res.json();
 }
+
+export async function fetchFunFacts(): Promise<string[]> {
+  const res = await fetch(`${DATA_BASE}/funfacts.json`);
+  return res.json();
+}