500 Harry Potter Facts

Facts 451--460

#451
J. K. Rowling started creating Harry Potter one day while waiting on a 4 hour train delay.

#452
Over 450,000,000 Harry Potter books have been sold all over the world since the first book came out.

#453
Both Arthur and Molly Weasley have aunts who were members of the Black family. Most of the Pureblood families are inter-related.

#454
Dolores Umbridge was based on a real person. J. K. Rowling never disclosed the person's name, but stated she was a person, "whom I disliked intensely on sight. The woman in question returned my antipathy with interest."

#455
Rowling only admitted in September 2015 that she has always intended the 't' in Voldemort to be silent. She says, "but I'm pretty sure I'm the only person who pronounces it that way."

#456
According to Rowling, Thestrals are native to the UK, while other parts of the world have their own equivalent to Thestrals.

#457
Dumbledore could silently use the incantation "homenum revelio" to see Harry under his Invisibility Cloak.

#458
Rowling has another children's novel up her sleeve. She says, "I will definitely write more novels under J. K. Rowling. I've written part of a children's book, which I really love. I will definitely finish that."

#459
Azkaban is no longer guarded by Dementors. Aurors now rotate the responsibility of guarding the inmates. They're reportedly just as effective at keeping dark Witches and Wizards behind bars without suckling their souls.

#460
Rowling says Hermione and Ron might need marriage counseling. Emma Watson said, "I think there are fans out there...who wonder whether Ron would have been able to make [Hermione] happy."
Rowling said, "Maybe she and Ron will be alright with a bit of counseling, you know. I wonder what happens at wizard marriage counseling...He needs to work on his self-esteem issues and she needs to work on being a little less critical."