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Please vote or nominate interesting facts for the Harry Potter Wiki 'Did You Know?'. Promoted DYKs will be added here and displayed on the main page. Rejected facts will be removed but can be resubmitted. For past DYKs, please see the Archive. For all new nominations please add them to the bottom of the list and follow the template given by the other nominations.

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Quidditch (1 vote for, 0 against)
...that Quidditch is less popular in the Far East, because they prefer using the flying carpet than broomsticks?

Support

 * Support: ÈnŔîčö [[Image:Ravenclawcrest.jpg|25px]](Send me an Owl ) 19:44, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Alan Rickman (3 votes for, 1 against)
...that Alan Rickman was the only Harry Potter cast member to find out their character's fate before the release of Deathly Hallows?

For

 * 1) KH 00:04, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) Nice.  02:44, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) Yeah! (He probably wasn't as excited as we are)Prissymis 06:38, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Against

 * 1) I think the DYK should be in-universe like the rest of the wiki. -- Seth Cooper 16:53, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Cast (2 votes for, 1 against)
...while the films' principal cast is English, Richard Harris, Michael Gambon, Zoe Wanamaker, and Verne Troyer are four exceptions?

For

 * 1) -- Cubs Fan2007  (Talk)  00:39, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 2)  02:44, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Against

 * 1) I think the DYK should be in-universe like the rest of the wiki. -- Seth Cooper 16:53, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Knight Bus (1 vote for, 0 against)
...that the Knight Bus cannot reach places from over the sea?

For

 * 1) I can dig. Nice fact. --KristiannaEl 09:01, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Daisy Dodderige (1 vote for, 0 against)
...that Daisy Dodderidge (1467-1555) was the first landlady of the Leaky Cauldron?

For

 * 1) Cool, nice fact. (Prissymis 02:20, 20 November 2008 (UTC))

Petunia Dursley (1 vote for, 3 against)
...that Petunia Dursley was jealous of her sister, Lily Evans? Petunia wrote a letter to Dumbledore asking to go to Hogwarts.

For

 * 1) Maxwell81350

Against

 * 1) lame.--KristiannaEl 00:10, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) I think this is already quite obvious to anyone who has read the books, and it's not especially appealing... Margiechocoholic 07:36, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3) -- Seth Cooper  Owl Post  22:30, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Caractacus Phelps (1 vote for, 0 against)
...that in 1979, Caractacus Phelps exploded eight hundred Stink Pellets by droping them from the roof of the Daily Prophet building into Diagon Alley below, as an April Fool's joke?

For

 * 1) Seth Cooper  Owl Post  22:19, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Squibs and Dementors (0 votes for, 0 against)
...that Squibs cannot see Dementors? Arabella Figg just faked it in Harry's trial.

Ministry of Magic Visitor's Code (2 votes for, 0 against)
...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?

For

 * 1) This is a really cool fact, I never knew this!
 * 2) -- Seth Cooper  Owl Post  22:30, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

The one-eyed witch statue (1 vote for, 0 against)
..that the name of the one-eyed witch whose statue hides a passageway to Hogsmeade is Gunhilda of Gorsemoor?

For

 * Support: Great fact -- Hellabore
 * Support: That's really great. ÈnŔîčö [[Image:Ravenclawcrest.jpg|25px]](Send me an Owl ) 19:35, 11 April 2009 (UTC)