Tuesday, September 7, 2010

facts. magical facts.

- A picture of Gandalf the Grey can be seen in Dumbledore's office in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

- The actress who plays moaning myrtle is 37 years old-- the oldest to portray a Hogwarts student.

- J.K. Rowling said if she were to be a teacher at Hogwarts, she would teach charms.

- When Harry Potter and the Prisioner of Azkaban was realeased, the publisher asked stores not to sell the books until after school was done for the day, to prevent sluffing.

- The 'K' in 'J.K.' isn't even part of her name. It's her grand mums, Kathleen.

- The name Voldemort comes from the french words meaning "to fly from death". That explains it.

- There is actually a platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross station. So many people came and took pictures that they hung a sign up real quick.

- Rowling took an online quiz and got sorted into Hufflepuff. Welcome.

- Sirius's tattoos are borrowed from Russian prision gangs. Hehe.

- The Hogwarts school motto is Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus which is latin for "never tickle a sleeping dragon"*

- And outbreak of lice among the children cast members occured while filming Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

- Ernie and Stanley, drivers of the knight bus, were named after Rowlings grandfathers

3 comments:

caihay said...

this post made me real happy.

jessie said...

harry potter is my life.

Kelsey said...

November 19th can't come sooner.

i'm loving this by the way.