10 Unknown Magical Facts About Harry Potter

1. Not only was King’s Cross Station the place where young witches and wizards' began there magical journey, it is also home to a magical memory for J.K. Rowling, it is where her parents met!

[rebelmouse-proxy-image https://media.rbl.ms/image?u=%2Ffiles%2F2017%2F01%2F12%2F636197881030066592-1097736402_anden-harry-potter.gif&ho=https%3A%2F%2Faz616578.vo.msecnd.net&s=221&h=7c8e195af8dd2861fca7f5fdcdc5f9b433d9993f8415bac0012ec20683f2c332&size=980x&c=3535679480 crop_info="%7B%22image%22%3A%20%22https%3A//media.rbl.ms/image%3Fu%3D%252Ffiles%252F2017%252F01%252F12%252F636197881030066592-1097736402_anden-harry-potter.gif%26ho%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Faz616578.vo.msecnd.net%26s%3D221%26h%3D7c8e195af8dd2861fca7f5fdcdc5f9b433d9993f8415bac0012ec20683f2c332%26size%3D980x%26c%3D3535679480%22%7D" expand=1]

2. When Arthur Weasley takes Harry to the Ministry of Magic they must first dial a secret code into a telephone keypad.

[rebelmouse-proxy-image https://media.rbl.ms/image?u=%2Ffiles%2F2017%2F01%2F12%2F636197882902693665-497865340_tumblr_mxruocwvM81sx9u08o1_1280.gif&ho=https%3A%2F%2Faz616578.vo.msecnd.net&s=91&h=0d2172e07fd73d17eedddd7ce84a4d911ce69bc80d5678b272fd622f3664ff9d&size=980x&c=3874177323 crop_info="%7B%22image%22%3A%20%22https%3A//media.rbl.ms/image%3Fu%3D%252Ffiles%252F2017%252F01%252F12%252F636197882902693665-497865340_tumblr_mxruocwvM81sx9u08o1_1280.gif%26ho%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Faz616578.vo.msecnd.net%26s%3D91%26h%3D0d2172e07fd73d17eedddd7ce84a4d911ce69bc80d5678b272fd622f3664ff9d%26size%3D980x%26c%3D3874177323%22%7D" expand=1]

He enters the number 62442. The letters underneath those numbers on a standard mobile phone spell out the word "magic".

3. Dementors, the deadly phantoms that guard Azkaban Prison, represent depression and were based on J.K. Rowling’s own struggle with the disease.

[rebelmouse-proxy-image https://media.rbl.ms/image?u=%2Ffiles%2F2017%2F01%2F12%2F6361978838438041821976528584_Dementor.gif&ho=https%3A%2F%2Faz616578.vo.msecnd.net&s=331&h=451c8df813a5e655b64edde62934981d1fdb2c594cbe9b089ca5934371d1c0f0&size=980x&c=1379553470 crop_info="%7B%22image%22%3A%20%22https%3A//media.rbl.ms/image%3Fu%3D%252Ffiles%252F2017%252F01%252F12%252F6361978838438041821976528584_Dementor.gif%26ho%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Faz616578.vo.msecnd.net%26s%3D331%26h%3D451c8df813a5e655b64edde62934981d1fdb2c594cbe9b089ca5934371d1c0f0%26size%3D980x%26c%3D1379553470%22%7D" expand=1]

4. The first Harry Potter book was published in 1998, the same year the final Battle of Hogwarts was fought.

[rebelmouse-proxy-image https://media.rbl.ms/image?u=%2Ffiles%2F2017%2F01%2F12%2F636197884692838987871253435_harry-potter-hogwarts-magic-Favim.com-369266.gif&ho=https%3A%2F%2Faz616578.vo.msecnd.net&s=702&h=b8abc2112e58b94c078cceea4d20e969a31934484faa5d4a7da8c3defa840274&size=980x&c=1977958978 crop_info="%7B%22image%22%3A%20%22https%3A//media.rbl.ms/image%3Fu%3D%252Ffiles%252F2017%252F01%252F12%252F636197884692838987871253435_harry-potter-hogwarts-magic-Favim.com-369266.gif%26ho%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Faz616578.vo.msecnd.net%26s%3D702%26h%3Db8abc2112e58b94c078cceea4d20e969a31934484faa5d4a7da8c3defa840274%26size%3D980x%26c%3D1977958978%22%7D" expand=1]

5. If Muggles, or people without magic, also known as no-majs in America, came upon Hogwarts, it would look like a decrepit building with a “Keep Out: Dangerous” sign on it.

[rebelmouse-proxy-image https://media.rbl.ms/image?u=%2Ffiles%2F2017%2F01%2F12%2F636197885048756187-566711888_hogwarts.gif&ho=https%3A%2F%2Faz616578.vo.msecnd.net&s=916&h=a6f53f91bd4fc4d8f7fb0207e3d8bb851d642229fd727eec0067a44319c9af23&size=980x&c=2910190936 crop_info="%7B%22image%22%3A%20%22https%3A//media.rbl.ms/image%3Fu%3D%252Ffiles%252F2017%252F01%252F12%252F636197885048756187-566711888_hogwarts.gif%26ho%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Faz616578.vo.msecnd.net%26s%3D916%26h%3Da6f53f91bd4fc4d8f7fb0207e3d8bb851d642229fd727eec0067a44319c9af23%26size%3D980x%26c%3D2910190936%22%7D" expand=1]

6. If Voldemort ever looked at a Boggart he would see his corpse because death is the thing he feared most.

[rebelmouse-proxy-image https://media.rbl.ms/image?u=%2Ffiles%2F2017%2F01%2F12%2F636197886370405901-1733235001_voldemort-closeup.gif&ho=https%3A%2F%2Faz616578.vo.msecnd.net&s=478&h=1f143e0ff187975b353937cc819bc973bba54ed334519b3ba0a424abe1083e70&size=980x&c=2117820861 crop_info="%7B%22image%22%3A%20%22https%3A//media.rbl.ms/image%3Fu%3D%252Ffiles%252F2017%252F01%252F12%252F636197886370405901-1733235001_voldemort-closeup.gif%26ho%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Faz616578.vo.msecnd.net%26s%3D478%26h%3D1f143e0ff187975b353937cc819bc973bba54ed334519b3ba0a424abe1083e70%26size%3D980x%26c%3D2117820861%22%7D" expand=1]

7. Alan Rickman, the actor who played Severus Snape throughout the movies, knew his character’s fate before the last book was released because Rowling told him.

[rebelmouse-proxy-image https://media.rbl.ms/image?u=%2Ffiles%2F2017%2F01%2F12%2F636197889183319910268057792_Voldemort-killed-Snape.gif&ho=https%3A%2F%2Faz616578.vo.msecnd.net&s=88&h=65a040281293a564b9c513c30509bbe35720833f0e18be2789f659d17621506b&size=980x&c=3620048658 crop_info="%7B%22image%22%3A%20%22https%3A//media.rbl.ms/image%3Fu%3D%252Ffiles%252F2017%252F01%252F12%252F636197889183319910268057792_Voldemort-killed-Snape.gif%26ho%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Faz616578.vo.msecnd.net%26s%3D88%26h%3D65a040281293a564b9c513c30509bbe35720833f0e18be2789f659d17621506b%26size%3D980x%26c%3D3620048658%22%7D" expand=1]

8. “Draco domiens nunquam titilandus” is the Hogwarts school motto, which when translated means “Never tickle a sleeping Dragon”.

[rebelmouse-proxy-image https://media.rbl.ms/image?u=%2Ffiles%2F2017%2F01%2F16%2F636201859677594087691689026_dragon-gif-harry-potter-favim.com-372761.gif&ho=https%3A%2F%2Faz616578.vo.msecnd.net&s=389&h=f126be44f39ef6c1e7d0cbf41bc19d3e100a89f6f17bdbeaa839b76ed757d71d&size=980x&c=3826960928 crop_info="%7B%22image%22%3A%20%22https%3A//media.rbl.ms/image%3Fu%3D%252Ffiles%252F2017%252F01%252F16%252F636201859677594087691689026_dragon-gif-harry-potter-favim.com-372761.gif%26ho%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Faz616578.vo.msecnd.net%26s%3D389%26h%3Df126be44f39ef6c1e7d0cbf41bc19d3e100a89f6f17bdbeaa839b76ed757d71d%26size%3D980x%26c%3D3826960928%22%7D" expand=1]

9. The third smell Hermione recognizes in the Amortentia is Ron’s Hair.

[rebelmouse-proxy-image https://media.rbl.ms/image?u=%2Ffiles%2F2017%2F01%2F12%2F636197889750714912-58793192_tumblr_mctiobcP491qeoetoo3_250.gif&ho=https%3A%2F%2Faz616578.vo.msecnd.net&s=859&h=36a9d17f2069a538c7e0c41ca963753f7d964ffda13f412d5a2e233be33b141a&size=980x&c=412986509 crop_info="%7B%22image%22%3A%20%22https%3A//media.rbl.ms/image%3Fu%3D%252Ffiles%252F2017%252F01%252F12%252F636197889750714912-58793192_tumblr_mctiobcP491qeoetoo3_250.gif%26ho%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Faz616578.vo.msecnd.net%26s%3D859%26h%3D36a9d17f2069a538c7e0c41ca963753f7d964ffda13f412d5a2e233be33b141a%26size%3D980x%26c%3D412986509%22%7D" expand=1]

10. J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter share their Birthday!

[rebelmouse-proxy-image https://media.rbl.ms/image?u=%2Ffiles%2F2017%2F01%2F12%2F636197889523650878-1239731630_Happy-Birthday-Jo-jkrowling-24182463-500-478.gif&ho=https%3A%2F%2Faz616578.vo.msecnd.net&s=30&h=980ee1c970d69691f5865ac6177d62b0c3d6606b1105e6daca328204c0de9f94&size=980x&c=2707609541 crop_info="%7B%22image%22%3A%20%22https%3A//media.rbl.ms/image%3Fu%3D%252Ffiles%252F2017%252F01%252F12%252F636197889523650878-1239731630_Happy-Birthday-Jo-jkrowling-24182463-500-478.gif%26ho%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Faz616578.vo.msecnd.net%26s%3D30%26h%3D980ee1c970d69691f5865ac6177d62b0c3d6606b1105e6daca328204c0de9f94%26size%3D980x%26c%3D2707609541%22%7D" expand=1]

These were just a few of the magical facts that surround the Harry Potter series! I hope you learned something new!