Facts About Harry Potter

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1 – Harry Potter is one of the most popular book series in history. The books have been translated into 67 languages and sold more than 500 million copies.

He is a wizard who attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

2 – JK Rowling was inspired to write the first book after she had a dream about a young boy who was on a train platform, waiting for his school train to arrive.

3 – The Hogwarts motto “Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus” translates to “Never tickle a sleeping dragon.”

4 – In the original manuscript, Hermione’s name was originally ‘Pansy’. This changed because her creator thought it would be too cruel for Ron to date someone with that name.

5 – One of the inspirations for Snape came from an old English word meaning ‘to cut’ or ‘to split’ (a term used by millers) which describes both his character and occupation as Potions Master at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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6 Harry Potter was born to James and Lily Potter on July 31^st 1980. His parents were killed by Voldemort when he was just one year old, making him an orphan.

7 – Harry’s nemesis is Lord Voldemort (aka He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named).

8 – The first book in the series titled “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” was published on June 26th 1997.

9 – The last movie was titled “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” which came out on July 15th 2011.

10 – Harry Potter’s wand is made of holly with a phoenix feather core. It was 11 inches long.

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11 – Hermione Granger’s birthday is September 19th, 1979. Ron Weasley’s birthday is March 1st, 1980.

12 – JK Rowling wrote the first book in the series while she was unemployed and living on public assistance.

13 – In 2011, Forbes named Rowling as one of its richest self-made women due to her success from writing Harry Potter. She is worth an estimated $1 billion.

14 – There are four houses at Hogwarts – Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin.

15 – A patronus is a kind of spell that protects people from dementors.

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16 – Harry is a half-blood wizard and the only known survivor of Lord Voldemort’s Killing Curse.

17 – Harry has a scar on his forehead that resembles a lightning bolt which comes from being attacked by Voldemort’s curse when he was just a year old.

18 – The last words in the final novel, Deathly Hallows, is “The scar had not pained Harry for 19 years. All was well”

19 – Ron Weasley has 6 siblings – Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George and Ginny.

20 – If you were to read all Harry Potter books in the series you would have read 4,224 pages (the total number across the series).

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21 – In 1991, after spending ten years in hiding with his aunt and uncle who are Muggles (non-magical people), he receives a letter inviting him to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

At age eleven, Harry makes friends with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger at Hogwarts; they soon become best friends.

22 – His parents died when he was only one year old after being betrayed by Peter Pettigrew (a friend) who turned out to be a Death Eater working with Lord Voldemort.

23 – The movies were directed by Chris Columbus (the Sorcerer’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets), Alfonso Cuarón (Prisoner of Azkaban), Mike Newell (Goblet of Fire), David Yates (Order of the Phoenix, Half Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows Part 1 and 2) and finally David Heyman who oversaw all eight films as producer.

24 – The theme park at Universal Studios Hollywood opened in April 2016 with attractions based around Harry Potter’s adventures.

25 – In the end Harry Potter married Ginny Weasley in 2007; they have three children together (James Sirius Potter (named after his father), Albus Severus Potter (named after two headmasters of Hogwarts) and Lily Luna Potter).

Voldemort’s real name is Tom Marvolo Riddle.

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