Harry Potter Facts That You Might Not Know Part 1

1. The baby Potter in 1 is Albus Severus in Harry Potter 7 (Harry's son.) .

2. Ron Weasley’s character originally swore a lot, but Rowling’s publisher wouldn’t let her use that sort of language because it would’ve been inappropriate for young readers.

3. Tom Felton auditioned for the roles of Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, but instead of them he was chosen to play Draco Malfoy. Imagine Tom playing Ron or Harry...

4. Over 400 million Harry Potter books in 67 languages have been sold worldwide in 2008.

5. Every 30 seconds, someone starts to read Harry Potter books.

6. J.K. Rowling is the first person to become a billionaire (U.S. dollars) by writing books.

7. During the filming of the kissing scene between the horcrux versions of Harry and Hermione in the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Rupert Grint was removed from the set because for laughing hysterically.

8. While filming “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” Tom Felton’s Hogwarts robes had their pockets sewn shut because he kept trying to sneak food onto the set.

9. The flying car used in “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” was stolen off the set. It was found seven months later, when an anonymous informed police where it is.

10. Professor McGonagall was a Quidditch player in the past. But she experienced a nasty fall in her final year at Hogwarts that left her with a concussion and several broken ribs.

11. Fred and George were born on April Fool’s Day.

12. The only time the Weasley twins were ever apart were when George’s ear was cursed off and when Fred was killed.

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

14. J.K. Rowling said the Harry Potter series might not have happened if her mother hadn’t died. “The books are what they are because she died … Because I loved her and she died.” 

15. People had trouble pronouncing Hermione’s name, so Rowling had her sound it out for Viktor Krum in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.”

16. When “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” was released in Great Britain, the publisher asked stores not to sell the book until schools were closed for the day to prevent truancy.

17. In order to become acquainted with the films’ three main stars, director Alfonso Cuaron had each of them write an essay about their characters. True to their characters, Emma Watson wrote a 16-page essay, Daniel Radcliffe wrote a simple, one-page paper, and Rupert Grint never even turned his in.

18. The least successful Harry Potter film, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” made $90 million.

19. Michael Jackson once approached Rowling about making a musical based on the books, but she didn't want. However, a play about Harry’s life pre-Hogwarts is hitting the London stage in 2015.

20.  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.”

21. When Voldemort died in the Battle of Hogwarts, he was 71 years old.

22. Dumbledore fell in love with Gellert Grindelwald. 

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

24. Most Black family members are named after stars or constellations. Sirius is known colloquially as the “Dog Star”

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

26. James Sirius Potter, Harry’s oldest son, stole the Marauder’s Map from his dad’s desk.

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

28. The tale of the Deathly Hallows was based on The Pardoner’s Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer. 

29. There are 700 fouls in Quidditch.

30. Platform 7 1/2 is the Orient Express. 

31. All the fractioned platforms at King’s Cross Station are in use for Wizards and Witches. 

32. Draco Malfoy almost attended Durmstrang Institute, but his mother didn’t want him to be so far away from home.

33. The third smell Hermione recognizes in the Amortentia potion is Ron’s hair. 

34. Dumbledore’s boggart is the corpse of his sister, Ariana. 

35. Rowling killed Hedwig because it represented the loss of innocence and security, and her fate marked the end of Harry’s childhood. 

36. Before taking the post of Defense Against the Dark Arts, Quirrell was the Muggle Studies teacher. 

37. Rowling said; if Dumbledore had a Muggle song playing at his funeral, it would be “My Way” by Frank Sinatra.

38. 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.

39. Rowling has said that if Voldemort saw a boggart it would embody his own corpse, since death was always his greatest fear.

40. Rowling has admitted that she regrets the relationship between Ron and Hermione.

41. On the 10 year anniversary of Harry’s parents’ death and the first time Voldemort was defeated, 31st October 1991, he and Ron saved Hermione from the troll in the bathroom. This is generally regarded as the day the trio became friends.

42. The first five years Rowling spent on Harry Potter were spent determining rules about what her characters could and could not do.

43. Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint both admit to having a crush on Emma Watson in earlier films.

44. The first Harry Potter book was published in 1998, the same year the final Battle of Hogwarts was fought. Rowling has said, "I open at the close".

45. The Dementors in the Harry Potter series are based on J.K. Rowling's own battle with depression in her 20's.

46. Viktor Krum retired from Quidditch in 2002 after a disappointing defeat to Egypt in 2002.

47. Lupin's Patronus is a wolf (a regular one, not a werewolf).

48. Platform 9 3/4 isn't the only platform in use by Witches and Wizards.

49. When Hermione smells the Amortentia potion, she smells freshly cut grass, new parchment and Ron's hair. 

50. Rowling originally planned for the last word of the final book to be "scar" but eventually changed her mind.