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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 20:09:36 GMT
If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 20:10:42 GMT
harry potter fun facts
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 20:10:53 GMT
As of 2008, Harry Potter books have sold over 400 million copies and have been translated into 67 languages
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 20:11:03 GMT
A picture of Gandalf the Grey (from The Lord of the Rings) can be seen in the collection of great wizards in Professor Dumbledore’s study in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 20:11:25 GMT
Author J. K. Rowling recently revealed that Dumbledore is gay and he had a crush on the wizard Grindelwald, whom he later defeated in a wizard duel
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 20:11:58 GMT
As every Potter fan knows, Dementors are deadly, magical, wraith-like creatures. Rowling revealed that they represent depression and that they were based on her own experience with the disease. The remedy to lighten the effects of a Dementor is chocolate
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 20:12:18 GMT
Rowling is the first person to become a billionaire (U.S. dollars) by writing books
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 20:12:45 GMT
In 2007, Rowling was runner up for Time magazine’s Person of the Year.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 20:13:01 GMT
The death of Rowling’s mother from multiple sclerosis significantly influenced her writing, and death is a major theme throughout the Potter series
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 20:13:17 GMT
The actress who played Moaning Myrtle is actually 37 years old and is the oldest actress to portray a Hogwarts student
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 20:13:53 GMT
Rowling discovered “witchy” sounding names such as toadflax, goutwort, grommel, and others in Culpeper’s Complete Herbal, a famous book of herbal lore from the 1600s
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 20:14:13 GMT
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released on July 21, 2007, and sold 11 million copies on the first day of its release, breaking Rowling’s earlier records for the fastest selling book of all time
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 20:14:36 GMT
Rowling said that if she were to be a teacher at Hogwarts, she would teach Charms. If she had a job in the wizarding world, she would write spell books
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 20:15:12 GMT
Harry Potter’s pet snowy owl, Hedwig, shares her name with two famous saints. One is Saint Hedwig of Andechs (1174-1243), a former duchess noted for her benevolence and compassionate nature. The other is Saint Hedwig, Queen of Poland (1373-1399). The death of Hedwig in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows represents Harry’s loss of innocence and coming of age.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 20:15:29 GMT
Owls are the primary means of communication between wizards in Harry’s world. However, in many parts of the world, owls are considered bad luck and harbingers of death
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