Through the early2000s, no pop-culture phenomenon gripped the country quite the same way theHarry Potterseries did.
The book series was written byJ.
And with so much content, there’s always something new to discover.
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10Hogwarts' Name and Motto
The name came to Rowena Ravenclaw in a dream.
Young witches and wizards in Great Britain study magic at Hogwarts, a huge castle with expansive grounds.
8The Bloody Baron and the Grey Lady
These ghosts have a tragic history together.
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Perhaps worst of all, Helena couldnt even escape him in the afterlife.
7The Great Lake Is a Magical Wildlife Reserve
Mermaids and Grindylows and the Giant Squid.
Just as Hogwarts was a refuge for Harry, it functioned the same way for magical creatures.
Professor Albus Dumbledore must assist Newt Scamander and his partners as Grindelwald begins to lead an army to eliminate all Muggles.
5Hufflepuff’s Defense System
It takes more effort than just a simple password.
If someone gets it wrong, theyre doused in vinegar.
Not even Slytherin punishes people who get it wrong, at least not officially.
Some Wizarding items, such as radios, appeared to be electronic but ran on magic.
But this detail also has other functions.
3The Origins of Quidditch
The original Quidditch Snitch was a bird.
2Merlin Attended Hogwarts
He was sorted into Slytherin.
According to Pottermore, Merlin was a Hogwarts student and was sorted into Slytherin.
The Chocolate Frogs and Order of Merlin both hint at Merlins importance.
1Hogwarts Had No Bathrooms Originally
Students used magic to dispose of it.
But those bathrooms didnt always exist.
Students simply did their business anywhere in the castle and used magic to dispose of it.
It’s a good thing Harry and the audiences traveled to Hogwarts in the modern era.
The second installment of boy wizard Harry Potter’s adventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.
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Harry, Ron, and Hermione search for Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord as the final battle rages on at Hogwarts.
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The fourth movie in the Harry Potter franchise sees Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) returning for his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, along with his friends, Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson). There is an upcoming tournament between the three major schools of magic, with one participant selected from each school by the Goblet of Fire. When Harry’s name is drawn, even though he is not eligible and is a fourth player, he must compete in the dangerous contest.
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As Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as “the property of the Half-Blood Prince” and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort’s dark past.
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In 1926, British magizoologist Newt Scamander travels to New York City in his ongoing field research into magical creatures. Here, he finds himself caught up in some trouble involving a No-Maj, local wizarding law enforcement, and the Dark Wizard Grindelwald.
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Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their third year of study, where they delve into the mystery surrounding an escaped prisoner, Sirius Black, who poses a dangerous threat to the young wizard.
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With their warning about Lord Voldemort’s return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.
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The second installment of boy wizard Harry Potter’s adventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A mysterious elf tells Harry to expect trouble during his second year at Hogwarts, but nothing can prepare him for trees that fight back, flying cars, spiders that talk and deadly warnings written in blood on the walls of the school.
