10 Harry Potter facts

1. Minerva McGonagall was a gifted Quidditch player, but she experienced a nasty fall in her final year at Hogwarts that left her with a concussion and several broken ribs.

2.The Death Eaters’ Dark Marks eventually faded into scars. They no longer burn or hurt.

3.Dementors are based off J.K. Rowling’s time of depression in her twenties

4.Rowling almost killed off Ron “out of sheer spite.”

5. For a long time, Rowling planned the last word in the series to be “scar,” but eventually changed the last sentence to “All was well.”

6.Voldemort was 71 years old when he died in the Battle of Hogwarts

7.Snape was not immediately added to the portraits in the headmaster’s office, but Harry insisted he be placed next to Dumbledore

8. Most Black family members are named after stars or constellations. (Sirius is known colloquially as the “Dog Star,” reflecting its prominence in its constellation, Canis Major (Greater Dog).

9. Arthur Weasley was supposed to die in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but was replaced with Sirius.

10.Harry, Ron, and Hermione all got their own Chocolate Frog cards.