I miss Harry Potter. I miss the excitement of midnight movie premiers and standing in line at midnight book releases. With the recent release of the trailer for “Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them” that old excitement returned and inspired me to compile this short list of Harry Potter facts. These will definitely come in handy if a Harry Potter question is asked during trivia night at your local bar…or if you wanna nerd out with a fellow Potterhead. But to be honest you should just read over these because there is no such thing as too much Harry Potter.
The Mirror of Erised is the mirror in which Harry sees himself with his parents in The Sorcerer’s Stone. The mirror is said to show the hearts deepest desire. “Erised” spelled backwards is “desire” and the engraving at the top of the mirror “Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi” is I show not your face but your heart's desire" when written backwards as well.
The Forest of Dean, in which Ron destroyed the Slytherin Locket Horcrux, is the birth place of Rubeus Hagrid. J.K. Rowling herself lived on the edge of the forest for 9 years.
Joanne Rowling’s publisher told her told her to change her name to something that would appeal more to male readers. She settled on “J.K.” the “K” stands for “Kathleen”, her grandmother’s name.
The “t” at the end of Voldemort is actually silent…crazy we’ve been mispronouncing it all these years
Tom Felton, the actor that played Draco Malfoy, also auditioned for the roles of Harry Potter and Ron Weasley.
The ghoulish, soul-sucking monsters, and guards of Azkaban, Dementors, represent depression as well as J.K. Rowling’s own personal struggle with the disease.
When “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” was released in Great Britain, the publisher asked stores not to sell the book until schools were closed for the day to prevent truancy.
Fred and George were born on April Fools Day. They were jokes from the start.
Harry Potter wasn’t really a Horcrux because Horcurxes must be intentionally made. He is labeled as a "Pseudo-Horcrux"
Harry's scar is in the shape of a lightning bolt because the curse that was supposed to kill him, followed that shape, and left a literal mark on Harry.
