31 Harry Potter Facts for Geeky Hogwarts Students Spending the Weekend Studying Wizarding World Humor

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Eleonora Bader
Mar 8, 2024 3:00 PM EST

Creak… The heavy oak doors groan as they open, dragging across the stone floor. Sunlight streams through the stain glass windows, casting vibrant hues upon the rows of ancient towering bookshelves that stretch towards the ceiling. You have stepped into the Hogwarts library, a sacred sanctuary where you can find wizarding knowledge.

The soft carpet beneath your feet muffles the sound of your footsteps, and you weave through the labyrinth of shelves, running your sweaty fingers along the spines of ancient tomes. Suddenly, a book catches your eye… a weathered volume nestled in between Hogwarts, a History, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. As you flip through the pages, a world of magic unfolds before you… You have found the book of Harry Potter facts!

Scroll down to drink up every word, and then check out this D&D Reddit thread where Dungeons and Dragons fans debate their ideal class if the spellbinding world was real.

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  • 01
    FACTS TRENTAL Bo IG/@DAILY POTTERED HAGRID'S HUT WAS A REAL PLACE. IT WAS BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE FILM BUT TORN DOWN IMMEDIATELY AFTER SORCERER'S STONE WRAPPED TO AVOID FANS FLOCKING TO IT.
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    FACTS @DAILYPOTTERED PEEVES, THE POLTERGEIST IN THE BOOKS, WAS SUPPOSED TO APPEAR IN THE FILMS PLAYED BY BRITISH COMEDIAN AND ACTOR RIK MAYALL, BUT DIRECTOR CHRIS COLUMBUS DIDN'T LIKE HOW THE CHARACTER LOOKED ONSCREEN AND CUT HIM.
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    FACTS G @DAILYPOTTERED HELENA BONHAM CARTER SAID THAT HER CHARACTER BELLATRIX WAS AFRAID OF HARRY BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW A 17 YEAR OLD BOY WAS ABLE TO OVERPOWER LORD VOLDEMORT.
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  • 04
    FACTS -DAILYPOTTERED- JANUS QUIRINUS WAS A ROMAN GOD WITH TWO HEADS. PROFESSOR QUIRRELLS FIRST NAME WAS QUIRINUS.
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    FACTS Des -DAILYPOTTERED- AT THE TIME OF FILMING ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, DANIEL RADCLIFFE AND DEVON MURRAY (SEAMUS FINNIGAN) HAD THE RECORD OF MOST PROP WANDS BROKEN ON SET.
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    FACTS -DAILYPOTTERED- TOM RIDDLE HAS A DIFFERENT NAME IN EACH TRANSLATION OF THE MOVIES.
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    FACTS @DAILYPOTTERED MAGGIE SMITH THE ACTRESS WHO PLAYED PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL, WAS ONCE ASKED BY A CHILD IF SHE WAS "REALLY ONCE A CAT.
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    FACTS LEDEN @DAILYPOTTERED VICTORIE WEASLEY (BILLAND FLEURS DAUGHTER) WAS BORN ON MAY 2ND, THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE THAT ENDED IT ALL.
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  • 09
    FACTS @DAILYPOTTERED A PIECE OF THE PERSON WHO IS IMITATED USING THE POLY JUICE POTION IS NEEDED FOR THE TRANSFORMATION AND THE PERSON MUST BE ALIVE. THAT IS WHY BARTY CROUCH JR, KEPT ALASTOR MOODY ALIVE TO CONTINUE HARVESTING HIS HAIR.
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  • 10
    FACTS IG/@DAILYPOTTERED ACTOR ALAN RICKMAN, WHO PLAYED SEVERUS SNAPE IN THE HARRY POTTER FILMS, SPOKE WITH J.K. ROWLING BEFORE THE BOOK SERIES ENDED. HE KNEW THE FULL BACKSTORY OF THE CHARACTER EARLY ON. WHEN DIRECTORS ASKED HIM WHY HE INTERPRETED CERTAIN LINES IN SPECIFIC WAYS, HE WOULD SAY, "I KNOW THINGS THAT YOU DON'T.“
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  • 11
    FACTS @DAILYPOTTERED TOM FELTON HAS REVEALED THAT HIS "EVIL HARRY POTTER CHARACTER AFFECTED HIS DATING LIFE AT SCHOOL.
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  • 12
    FACTS @DAILYPOTTERED TO GET INSPIRATION FOR BUILDING THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, THE TEAM CLAMBERED DOWN INTO A MANHOLE IN THE HEART OF LONDON AND TOOK A TOUR OF THE CITY'S VICTORIAN SEWER SYSTEM.
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    FACTS @DAILYPOTTERED IN THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2, THE SCREENWRITER ALMOST MADE HARRY DUEL SNAPE INSTEAD OF MCGONAGALL.
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    FACTS ). @DAILYPOTTERED THE FORM YOU TAKE AS AN ANIMAGUS IS CLOSELY RELATED TO YOUR PERSONALITY. AND IS OFTEN ALSO THE SAME FORM YOUR PATRONUS TAKES.
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    FACTS E bill RUS @DAILYPOTTERED SNAPE'S ROBES ARE ONE OF THE ONLY COSTUMES THAT NEVER CHANGED THROUGHOUT THE SERIES.
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  • 16
    FACTS @DAILYPOTTERED IT TOOK THE HARRY POTTER PRODUCTION TEAM MONTHS TO GET THE OWLS TRAINED TO CARRY AND DELIVER LETTERS. IVE
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  • 17
    FACTS @DAILYPOTTERED ROBBIE COLTRANE, WHO PLAYS HAGRID IN THE FILMS, WAS THE FIRST ACTOR TO BE CAST IN THE SERIES.
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  • 18
    THEORY Cake @DAILYPOTTERED THERE IS A THEORY THAT SUGGESTS WHEN DUMBLEDORE AWARDED NEVILLE EXTRA HOUSE POINTS FOR STANDING UP TO HIS FRIENDS, IT WAS BECAUSE DUMBLEDORE KNEW THIS WAS HARD FROM HIS EXPERIENCE WITH GRINDELWALD.
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    FACTS @DAILYPOTTERED BOTH SIRIUS BLACK AND HARRY POTTER SAW EACH OTHER AS SUBSTITUTES FOR JAMES POTTER DUE TO THEIR DEEP EMOTIONAL CONNECTIONS AND SHARED HISTORY WITH HIM.
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    FACTS @DAILYPOTTERED MOVIES NEVER EXPLAINED THAT VOLDEMORT MADE HIS OWN NAME TABOO. WHENEVER HIS NAME WAS SPOKEN ALOUD, DEATH EATERS AND SNATCHERS WERE ALERTED TO THE LOCATION OF THE SPEAKER. AT TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD, HERMIONE GRANGER BROKE THE TABOO WHICH LED TWO DEATH EATERS TO THE GOLDEN TRIO.
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  • 21
    FACTS 6.66 de 30 030 00 Pos @DAILYPOTTERED THE FAN ASKED THE AUTHOR IF AUNT PETUNIA WAS A SQUIB (A NON-MAGICAL PERSON WHO IS BORN TO AT LEAST ONE MAGICAL PARENT) AND ROWLING REPLIED: "GOOD QUESTION. NO, SHE IS NOT, SHE IS NOT A SQUIB. SHE IS A MUGGLE.
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  • 22
    BOOK VS MOVIE @DAILYPOTTERED IN THE COS BOOK, AFTER FAWKES HAD DAMAGED THE BASILISK'S EYES, TOM RIDDLE SAYS THAT IT CAN STILL SMELL HARRY. IN THE MOVIE VERSION WHERE TOM RIDDLE SAYS THAT THE BASILISK CAN STILL HEAR HIM.
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  • 23
    FACTS @DAILYPOTTERED ON VALENTINE'S DAY IN 1993, LOCKHART HIRED A DOZEN DWARVES DRESSED LIKE CUPIDS TO DELIVER VALENTINES. THAT DAY, HARRY ACTUALLY RECEIVED A POEM FROM GINNY WEASLEY, WHICH A DWARF SANG TO HIM IN FRONT OF EVERYONE.
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  • 24
    STATEMENT IG/@DAILYPOTTERED EVEN STEPHEN KING, THE KING OF HORROR LIT, ADMITTED FEARING DOLORES UMBRIDGE. REVIEWING "HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX," HE DECLARED HER THE GREATEST FICTIONAL VILLAIN SINCE HANNIBAL LECTER, WITH HER DECEPTIVE SMILE, TOAD-LIKE VISAGE, AND UNSETTLINGLY CLUTCHY FINGERS. UMBRIDGE'S EVIL LEFT AN IMPRESSION EVEN ON A MASTER OF FEAR.
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  • 25
    STATEMENT IG/@DAILYPOTTERED "I FEEL VERY LUCKY AND PLEASED THAT WHEN WE WERE FILMING HARRY POTTER, SOCIAL MEDIA DID NOT EXIST. THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLY LUCKY THING AS I WASN'T A NINE-YEAR-OLD WITH A TWITTER ACCOUNT. I'M THANKFUL - BONNE WRIGHT
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  • 26
    BOOK VS MOVIE IG/@DAILYPOTTERED SHE'S RUTHLESS, SHE'S WILD, AND SHE'S GOT NO MERCY AND NO QUALMS ABOUT HER BAD DEEDS. BELLATRIX IS 'CRAZY' IN A HAMMY SORT OF WAY. A KOOKY WOMAN WITH FLOOFY HAIR WHO RAN AROUND ON TABLETOPS - SILLY, OUT OF CONTROL, AND WITH AN OCCASIONAL CHILDLIKE INSOLENCE.
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  • 27
    FACTS IG/@DAILYPOTTERED THE FILM OMITS THE DETAILS THAT FENRIR GREYBACK IS A WEREWOLF, AND ALSO THE PART OF LUPIN MENTIONING THAT GREYBACK WAS THE ONE WHO TURNED HIM INTO A WEREWOLF.
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  • 28
    FACTS IG/@DAILY POTTERED REMUS LUPIN DOES NOT REVEAL TO HARRY THAT SNAPE HELPED HIM WHILE HE TAUGHT AT HOGWARTS AS D.A.D.A. PROFESSOR BY BREWING HIM A WOLFSBANE POTION EVERY MONTH.
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  • 29
    BOOK G VS MOVIE IG/@DAILYPOTTERED IN THE BOOK, PARVATI PATIL'S BOGGART IS A MUMMY IN THE FILM. IT IS A GIANT SNAKE.
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    FACTS IG/@DAILYPOTTERED THOUGH HARRY'S LIGHTNING BOLT-SHAPED SCAR APPEARS TO HOVER JUST ABOVE HIS RIGHT BROW THROUGHOUT THE FILMS. ON THE BOOK'S ORIGINAL COVERS IT APPEARS SETTLED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS FOREHEAD.
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    FACTS IG/@DAILYPOTTERED WHILE FILMING SCENES IN WHICH HARRY, RON, AND HERMIONE WERE COMPLETING SCHOOLWORK, THE TRIO OF ACTORS GOT A BIT METHOD AND COMPLETED ACTUAL SCHOOLWORK THROUGHOUT CAPTURING THE SCENES.
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