What is Harry's full name?
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36%
Harry Potter
6%
Harry Sirius Potter
54%
Harry James Potter
3%
Harry Albus Potter
💫 Interesting facts about Harry Potter
1. The Harry Potter series has sold over 500 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling book series in history.
2. J.K. Rowling came up with the idea for Harry Potter while on a delayed train from Manchester to London in 1990.
3. The Hogwarts Express is based on a real train called the Jacobite, which runs between Fort William and Mallaig in Scotland.
4. The word "muggle" was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2002, with the definition "a person who lacks a particular skill or skills, or who is regarded as inferior in some way."
5. The Harry Potter films were shot at various locations across the UK, including Alnwick Castle (which served as Hogwarts), Glenfinnan Viaduct (which was used for the Hogwarts Express scenes), and Durham Cathedral (which was used for some of the interior shots of Hogwarts).
6. The character of Hermione Granger was inspired by J.K. Rowling's own experiences as a young girl. Like Hermione, Rowling was a bookish and studious child who often felt like an outsider.
7. The Harry Potter books have been translated into over 80 languages, including Latin and Ancient Greek.
8. The first Harry Potter book was rejected by 12 different publishers before finally being accepted by Bloomsbury.
9. J.K. Rowling has said that the character of Dumbledore is gay, although this fact is not explicitly stated in the books.
10. There are several real-life creatures that appear in the Harry Potter series, including hippogriffs (which are part horse, part eagle), centaurs (which are half-human, half-horse), and basilisks (which are giant snakes that can kill with their gaze).
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1. The Harry Potter series has sold over 500 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling book series in history.
2. J.K. Rowling came up with the idea for Harry Potter while on a delayed train from Manchester to London in 1990.
3. The Hogwarts Express is based on a real train called the Jacobite, which runs between Fort William and Mallaig in Scotland.
4. The word "muggle" was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2002, with the definition "a person who lacks a particular skill or skills, or who is regarded as inferior in some way."
5. The Harry Potter films were shot at various locations across the UK, including Alnwick Castle (which served as Hogwarts), Glenfinnan Viaduct (which was used for the Hogwarts Express scenes), and Durham Cathedral (which was used for some of the interior shots of Hogwarts).
6. The character of Hermione Granger was inspired by J.K. Rowling's own experiences as a young girl. Like Hermione, Rowling was a bookish and studious child who often felt like an outsider.
7. The Harry Potter books have been translated into over 80 languages, including Latin and Ancient Greek.
8. The first Harry Potter book was rejected by 12 different publishers before finally being accepted by Bloomsbury.
9. J.K. Rowling has said that the character of Dumbledore is gay, although this fact is not explicitly stated in the books.
10. There are several real-life creatures that appear in the Harry Potter series, including hippogriffs (which are part horse, part eagle), centaurs (which are half-human, half-horse), and basilisks (which are giant snakes that can kill with their gaze).
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On this day nearly 27 years ago, the world was changed forever when J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone hit shelves in the U.K. The first book, only 223 pages long, would set in motion a literary phenomenon that would continue for generations of readers to come.
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I still get a tear in my eye when I think about June 30, that fateful day that Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore was killed by Severus Snape at the top of the Astronomy Tower. Oh June 30, you will always pull at my heartstrings.
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