Harry potter fun facts

*Did you know:
* that we will see Arthur Weasley's flying Ford Anglia again in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. and that Fred and George Weasley were born on April Fools' Day?
* that J. K. Rowling, author of the books, was born on July 31, the same date Harry Potter was born in the books? (Note: JKR was born in 1965, while Harry was born in 1980) and that the Hogwarts school motto, Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus, is Latin for "never tickle a sleeping dragon?" and that Dumbledore means "bumblebee" in Old English? and that there was going to be a character named Mopsy in book 3, who was a dog lover, but who never appeared? and that Ginny's first name is Ginevra, not Virginia? and that Dean Thomas lives with his mother and step-dad? and that in the first American printing of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the order in which Voldemort's victims appeared from his wand was wrong? Harry's father came out before his mother, when he should have appeared afterwards. This mistake would also feature on the audiobooks of the novel.
and that Hermione Granger's surname was originally intended to be Puckle, and Draco Malfoy's was to be Spungen?
Did you know:
* the first chapter of book six, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, was almost used in the first, third, and fifth books, before it finally found its place in book 6? and that Arabella Figg and Argus Filch both have the initials A.F., both love cats, and that both are Squibs? and that Crookshanks, Hermione's cat, is part Kneazle? and that Hermione's birthday is September 19th and Ron's is March 1st? and that Daisy Dodderidge (1467-1555) was the first landlady of the Leaky Cauldron?
Did you know:
* that Aberforth Dumbledore, Albus's brother, once made newspaper headlines for practicing illegal charms on goats?
* that both Lily and her sister, Petunia, are named after flowers? The lily symbolizes purity and innocence, while the petunia symbolizes anger and resentment. and that The Knight Bus can reach Hogsmeade? and that Gideon and Fabian Prewett were Molly Weasley's brothers? and that Severus Snape lives on a street named "Spinner's End"? and that Viktor Krum came back to the series in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows?
Did you know:
* that the Knight Bus cannot reach places from over the sea?
* that Lily Potter could have escaped Voldemort when Voldemort intended to kill Harry Potter?
* that Lily Potter liked Severus Snape before & during their years at Hogwarts?
* that Severus though mean to Harry, cared about him because of his mother Lily?
* that in book 7 it revels that Severus was with the Order of the Phenoix the moment Voldemort started hunting down Lily & James Potter?
* that Ariana, Albus Dumbledore's sister was NOT a Squib?

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