Harry Potter turns 20 and we review 20 curiosities about the best known wizard of all time

On June 26, 1997 an unknown JK Rowling published the first novel of the Harry Potter sagaEntitled harry potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which very soon became a success and is now nothing less than 20 years old. The rest of the story is well known to almost everyone, with the arrival of six more books in bookstores, in addition to many additions to the margin of the saga, in the form of books, movies and many other things.

The British writer is now one of the key pieces of world literature, although her forays outside of juvenile literature have not brought her much success. Today and 20 years later Harry Potter is still his prodigal son who has earned him more than 450 million euros and who still has a long way to go to reach an end, which he announced a long time ago, and yet many are convinced that it will never come.

To celebrate the passing of time and the birthday of one of the greatest literary phenomena in history, we are going to review 20 curiosities about the best known magician of all time and the entire universe that surrounds him. We will not only limit ourselves to the book saga, but we will also tell you some curiosity about the movies and the many texts published by Rowling about her magical world.

20 curiosities about the best known magician of all time

Next we tell you the curiosities about Harry Potter and his entire universe that surely you did not know;

Harry Potter, JK Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe have their birthday on the same day

JK Rowling and Harry Potter have the same birthday, on July 31, although in the case of the writer from 19565 and in the case of the magician from 1980. The curiosity goes further and is that Daniel Radcliffe, the actor who plays Harry in the different films, also has his birthday on the same day .

The Potters were Rowling's neighbors

The last name Potter was chosen by the British writer inspired by her neighbors, and is that the Potters were a family that lived four houses beyond where Rowling lived when she was still a child. Of course, at the moment and after so long his neighbors have said absolutely nothing, and we also do not know that they thought that Rowling used his last name to put it to the most famous magician of all time.

There are a total of 11 schools of magic and sorcery

Hogwarts is the best-known school of magic and sorcery, but it is not the only one and there are a total of 11 schools of magic spread throughout the world. As can be read in books we know Hogwarts located in Scotland, Beauxbatons in France, Durmstrag in Germany, Ouagadou, in the mountains of the Moon in Africa, mahoutokoro, on a small volcanic island in Japan and Ilvermore, located in the United States. Neither their name nor any details of the rest of the schools are known.

Dumbledore and his hidden sexuality

The books never talk about the sexuality of Dumbledore, the director of Hogwarts, although in the sixth film JK Rowling herself had to make a correction to prevent a love story between a girl and the director from appearing. The writer did not consider it necessary to talk about Dumbledore's sexuality, but she was always clear that he was a gay character.

Only Hermione got the title of Ecstasy

Hermione, in a further display of her abilities and determination, returned to Hogwarts to finish her studies and get her Ecstasy title. Harry and Ron, for their part, never did it, staying without achieving the desired title, although in view of the events it would have been of little use to them.

Voldemort's greatest fear

A boggart that is in the presence of Voldemort would transform into his corpse, and it is that what the dark lord fears most is his own death. Who now dares to face one of the most terrible and hated beings in literature?

Hogwarts is out of sight for everyone

Si a muggle found hogwarts, something quite unlikely, the only thing he would see would be a castle and a lonely sign that he would put up; "Get away! Dangerous ruins ". If, on the other hand, you are a magician and until that moment you did not know it, you will find the great school of magic and sorcery in all its splendor.

You took out a troll!

In any school the worst grade you can get is a zero or directly a failure, but at Hogwarts everything is different and the worst grade you can get is a Troll. This will also mean that you are far from being a good magician.

Ginny Weasly played professional Quidditch

Ginny Weasly was a huge Quidditch star, but after reaping great successes, he decided to retire to start a family with Harry Potter. She also became one of the Quidditch reporters for the popular Daily Prophet.

There are a total of 10 races of dragons

In the Harry Potter universe there are a total of 10 races of dragons, although in the books there are not many details about them.

Harry Potter and his children

The full names of Harry Potter's children are; James Sirius, Albus Severus and Lily Luna Of which we surely know some more details with the passage of time and the new publications that JK Rowling makes.

The Big Lie from Dumbledore's Office

The books that appear in Dumbledore's office in each of the films that we have all seen, are not real and is that according to several members of the film's filming staff they are simply phone books lined with bodies to give them that aspect of book that we all see.

Ron's second life

Ron had two lives thanks to JK Rowling's change of mind and is that the writer was about to kill the good of RON in the middle of the saga as she herself has told on several occasions.

harry potter james

Harry Potter's middle name is James, Ron Bilius's, Hermione Jane's and lastly Ginny Molly. All of them appear in the different books of the saga.

The Battle of Hogwarts

One of the great landmarks of Harry Potter's life is the Battle of Hogwarts which takes place in 1998, the very year in which the first book was published. The theories of this are very varied, although JK Rowling has never told us about this strange date.

Harry Potter's lost ability

After defeating Voldemort at the end of the last book in the literary saga, Harry Potter loses the ability to speak Parseltongue. This is explained by the fact that the little wizard is no longer attached to the dark lord.

Teddy Lupine, the godson of a great magician

Harry Potter not only took care of his children and is that Teddy Lupine, the son of Remus and TonksHe was raised by his grandmother, but on a large number of occasions he stayed to sleep at the house of his godfather who was none other than Harry.

The scared of Professor McGonagall's cat

They say animals and children always give a lot of trouble to film crews, and in one of the Harry Potter movies there was a problem with the gamut playing Professor McGonagall. It disappeared at one point and they never managed to find it again, having to replace it with another.

Dark magic and its consequences

One thing not many people know is that neither Neville and Gilderoy Lockhart's parents were never able to recover from magical conditions. And there are things that dark magic does that nobody or nothing can cure.

Harry Potter's tribute to Snape

Harry Potter never forgot Snape and his heroism, and one example of this is that he fought and managed to have his portrait as Headmaster of Hogwarts restored in its rightful place and from which it should never have moved.

It has been 20 years since the first Harry Potter book hit the bookstores and since then a lot has happened, such as the launch of many other books, several films and many other things. We have told you only 20 curiosities of the Potter universe, but surely we could count 200 or more, but let's wait for at least another 20 years to pass, when surely the most popular magician of all time will continue to be just as famous.

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