Godric Gryffindors animal was a lion and his element was fire
Both Arthur and Molly Weasley have Aunts who were members of the Black family. Most pure blood families are inter-related.
J.K Rowling admitted that the 't' in Voldemort was supposed to be silent
Dumbledore could silently use the incantation "Homenum Revelio" to see Harry under his invisibility cloak
Emma Watson had to re-audition 8 times to get the part of Hermione
Moaning Myrtle died when she was 14
Harry Potter and the philosophers stone took place in 1991
Arthur Wealey's greatest ambition is to find out how Aeroplanes stay up
Albus is the latin word for white and Dumbledore means "bumblebee"
The most O.W.L's a student can receive is 12
Dumbledore's animagus form is a swan
The Malfoy's last name comes from the latin name, "maleficus" which means "evil doer"
These were some of the original names of the characters before Rowling changed them: Hermione Puckle, Neville Puff, Draco Spinks, Lily Moon (Luna Lovegood), Madhari Patil, and Mati Patil.
Fred and George were born on April Fool's Day.
The only time the Weasley twins were ever apart were when George's ear was cursed off and when Fred was killed.
George Weasley married Angelina Johnson and had two kids named Fred and Roxanne.
Fred and George once threw snow at Voldemort's face.
Nymphadora Tonks' original Patronus was a jack rabbit, but it eventually changed to a wolf.
Michael Jackson once approached Rowling about making a musical based on the books, but she turned it down.
Voldemort was 71 years old when he died in the Battle of Hogwarts.
Dumbledore fell in love with Gellert Grindelwald.
Morsmorde, the command makes the Dark mark appear in the sky, means "Take a bite out of death" in French which is appropriate for Death Eaters
Luna Lovegood became a naturalist and eventually married Rolf Scamander, with whom she had twin sons, Lorcan and Lysander.
Arthur Weasley was supposed to die in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but was replaced with Sirius.
Aunt Marge was in love with her neighbor Colonel Fubster, but he would never marry her because of her horrible personality. This unrequited love is part of the reason she's so mean and bitter.
The Vanishing Cabinet makes its first appearance in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Two alternate titles for the final book were Harry Potter and the Elder Wand and Harry Potter and the Peverell Quest. She quickly decided against the latter because it sounded too corny.
Rowling killed Hedwig because it represented the loss of innocence and security, and her fate marked the end of Harry's childhood.
Before taking the post of Defense Against the Dark Arts, Quirrell was the Muggle Studies teacher.
Oliver Phelps (George Weasley) could only do 5 takes for Fred's death scene because seeing his brother pretending to be dead was emotionally exhausting for him
Rowling made Harry wear glasses as a constant reminder of his venerability
The number that Arthur Weasley enters in the phone booth to get to the Ministry of Magic with Harry is 6-2-4-4-2. The letters underneath those numbers on a standard telephone keypad spell out "magic."
George named his son Fred
In the books, sirius and Fred both died laughing
Nearly Headless Nick WAS going to have a song in The Chamber Of Secrets (We've taken the liberty of finding them for you)
It was a mistake any wizard could make,
Who was tired and caught on the hop,
One piffling error, and then, to my terror,
I found myself facing the chop.
Alas for the eve when I met Lady Grieve,
A-strolling the park in the dusk!
She was of the belief I could straighten her teeth,
Next moment she'd sprouted a tusk.
I cried through the night that I'd soon put her right,
But the process of justice was lax;
They'd brought out the block, though they'd mislaid the rock,
Where they usually sharpened the axe.
Next morning at dawn, with a face most forlorn,
The priest said to try not to cry,
"You can come just like that, no, you won't need a hat,"
And I knew that my end must be nigh.
The man in the mask who would have the sad task,
Of cleaving my head from my neck,
Said "Nick, if you please, will you get to your knees,"
And I turned to a gibbering wreck.
"This may sting a bit" said the cack-handed twit,
As he swung the axe up in the air,
But oh the blunt blade! No difference it made,
My head was still definitely there.''
The axeman he hacked and he whacked and he thwacked,
"Won't be too long", he assured me,
But quick it was not, and the bone-headed clot,
Took forty-five goes 'til he floored me.
And so I was dead, but my faithful old head,
It never saw fit to desert me,
It still lingers on, that's the end of my song,
And now, please applaud, or you'll hurt me.
Harry and Ginny named their children after Harry's parents, Lily and James, as well as Albus Dumbledore, Sirius Black, Severus Snape, and Luna Lovegood.
The Hogwarts School motto is "Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus," which means "Never tickle a sleeping dragon."
In her school days, McGonagall was a talented Quidditch player. However, she gave up playing after a particularly nasty injury.
Harry and Rowling share a birthday: July 31.
During the filming of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the pockets of Tom Felton's Hogwarts cloak were sewn shut, because he kept trying to smuggle food onto the set.
