If you haven’t read the books

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geek-of-hogwarts:

• You won’t know that the Elder Wand was also called the Deathstick
• Ron was actually a Prefect
• Harry, Fred and George got a “life-long ban” from Umbridge after they attacked Malfoy on the pitch

• Dumbledore hired a centaur named Firenze to teach Divination

• Neville Longbotton could’ve been “The Chosen One” but Voldemort chose Harry

• Fenrir Greyback was the werewolf who bit Remus Lupin as a child

• Harry attended Bill and Fleur’s wedding disguised as Barny Weasley, a red-headed Weasley cousin

• Lily was actually a few months older than James

• While still alive, the Bloody Baron, who became the ghost of Slytherin House, was sent by Rowena Ravenclaw to retrieve her daughter, Helena, whom he was in love with. When Helena, who became the ghost of Ravenclaw House, refused to go with him, he became angry and stabbed her. Then, distraught with having killed her, he killed himself

• Harry mended his own wand with the Elder Wand before he got rid of it

• Harry, Ron and Hermione met Neville in St Mungos, who was visiting his parents and his Gran told them what happened to Alice and Frank 
• The Potters’ had a cat
• Harry got  miniature broom from Sirius for his first Birthday
• Bathilda Bagshot was a friend of the Potters’

• Peeves was a poltergeist who haunted Hogwarts and frequently harassed students
• A house elf named Winky was an integral part of the plot of Goblet of Fire, she was Barty Crouch’s elf
• Dobby worked in the Hogwarts kitchens, Dumbledore paid him a wage and he gave Harry the gillyweed
• Harry and Ginny’s first kiss wasn’t creepy or in the Room of Requirement, it was in the Common Room after winning a Quidditch game
• Snape had his own challenge on the quest for the Philosopher’s Stone that was a test of intellect and included drinking potions
• McGonagal protects Hagrid and takes FIVE spells to the chest in order to let him escape when Umbridge tries to get him incarcerated
• Sir Cadogan! Fantastic painted Knight
• That random piece of glass that Harry looks through and sees Alberforth in, was actually a mirror given to him by Sirius who wanted to keep in contact with him while he was at Hogwarts, it was also what he used to keep in contact with James over the summer and during classes
• Harry has a complete break down after the Sirius’ death and trashes Dumbledore’s office – it’s super cathartic and heartbreaking