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This is a archive for the Did you know? page. Please add new items to the archive at the top of the page, and include the date it was entered.

January 20, 2010

 * ...that Cedrella Black's name was removed from the Black family tree when she married Blood traitor Septimus Weasley ?

January 15, 2010

 * ...that the name of the one-eyed witch whose statue hides a passageway to Hogsmeade is Gunhilda of Gorsemoor?
 * ... that if you tried to get into a girls dormitory when you weren't a girl, the stone steps would turn into a slide so you couldn't get up them?
 * ...that "Erised" is "desire" spelled backwards because the mirror shows one what they want most in the world?
 * ...that Ron Weasley's uncle Bilius died after seeing a Grim?
 * ...that Harry Potter survived the Killing Curse twice?
 * ...that Harry Potter breaks his glasses 7 times in total in all the books? (once every year)

October 31, 2009

 * ...the Ministry of Magic visitor's code to get in through the phone booth was the combination 6-2-4-4-2 which can spell out "magic"?
 * ...Hermione Granger's middle name was changed from "Jane" to "Jean" to avoid sharing a middle name with Umbridge?
 * ...that Harry Potter joined the Auror Department at age 17?
 * ...the bite of a Mackled Malaclaw will cause the victim to be highly unlucky for up to a week after the injury?
 * ...that Aberforth Dumbledore once made newspaper headlines for practicing illegal charms on goats?

June 12, 2009

 * ... that Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry students were allowed to swear loudly if the Venomous Tentacula attempted to strangle them?

May 1, 2009

 * ... that Stan Shunpike was 18 rather than 19 when he first appeared in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban?

April 4, 2009

 * ... that all 700 Quidditch fouls were committed at the 1473 Quidditch World Cup?

November 8, 2008

 * ... the Moontrimmer was a broomstick created by Gladys Boothby in 1901?
 * ... the Elder Wand contains Thestral tail hair for its core?
 * ... Justin Finch-Fletchley had his name down for Eton before receiving his Hogwarts letter?
 * ... the Mandrake Restorative Draught is a potion used to restore people who have been petrified?

June 4, 2008

 * ... St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries's sign is a wand crossed over a bone?

June 25, 2008

 * ... Professor Quirrell used to be the Professor for Muggle Studies before taking on the post for Defence Against the Dark Arts?

May 5, 2008

 * ... in the Love Chamber of the Department of Mysteries, which is always locked, lies a reservoir including the strongest love potion, Amortentia?
 * ... Charlie Weasley never married?

October 12, 2007

 * ... Kennilworthy Whisp is a fan of the Quidditch team Wigtown Wanderers?