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23 Harry Potter Facts You Probably Didn't Know

17.06.22 07:59 PM By Stackerd

• According to J.K. Rowling, "Lord Voldemort" is pronounced without the "t."

• Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling have the same birthdate, July 31.

• Voldermort has been performed by six different actors in the Harry Potter series.

• Trevor, Neville Longbotton's toad is interpreted as turtle rather than frog in the Spanish edition of Harry Potter novels.

· The least financially successful HP picture grossed almost $90 million, much more than the most financially successful Twilight film.

• 'Dumbledore' is an early modern English term that means 'Bumblebee.'

• The term "vol de mort" refers to both life and death "In French, it means "Wish Death Upon" and "Thief of Death." In Latin, it means "Wish Death Upon."

• In a Twilight spoof on "The Simpsons," Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliff dubbed the voice of the animated Edward Cullen.

• Michael Jackson, a major admirer of the film, offered to J.K. Rowling a Harry Potter musical. Rowling believed that a musical presentation would be ineffective for the property and did not want to risk it.

• The actress who portrayed Moaning Myrtile is 37 years old, making her the oldest actress to play a student at Hogwarts.

• Ernie and Stanley, the Knight bus driver and conductor, are named after J.K. Rowling's grandfathers.

• The Weasley twins in the film are not redheads in real life.

• J.K. Rowling is the first author to make a billion dollars from her work.

• Rowling was a runner-up for Time magazine's Person of the Year award in 2007.

• Rowling's mother's death from multiple sclerosis prompted her to create the Harry Potter series, and death is a recurring topic throughout the book.

• Rowling's Harry Potter series is the first children's novel to be a New York Times bestseller since E.B. White's Charlotte's Web in 1952.

• Because so many Harry Potter fans go to King's Cross station to photograph platforms 9 and 10, the station's management decided to turn it into a tourist attraction by erecting a sign that reads: "9 3rd Platform

• J.K. Rowling said that she was sorted into the Hufflepuff house after taking the online Sorting Hat quiz.

• The Death Eaters were once known as the Knights of Walpurgis.

• Hogwarts' motto is "Draco Domiens nunquam titillandus," which translates to "Never tease a sleeping dragon."

• During the production of the Chamber of Secrets, there was a lice infestation among the cast members.

• "Avada Kedavra" is derived from the Aramaic word "Abhadda Kedhabra," which means "to vanish like this world" in English.

• Believe it or not, several publishers turned down the original Harry Potter manuscript because it was too lengthy and intellectual. The work was approved by Bloomsbury Publisher in 1996, and the publisher advised Rowling to alter her name to "J.K." rather than her own name "Joanne Rowling" in order to appeal to male readers. Kathleen, her grandmother's name, inspired her to use the letter "K."


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