9 Facts You Don't Know About Harry Potter's Hogwarts !!!

Are you a true Harry Potter fan? Because while you might think you know all there is to know, a bunch of facts have been discovered since the series was born, and there are always more to be uncovered. For example, do you know which major character was almost killed off? Or what the only swear word used in the movies is? Keep on reading, and soon enough you will... Herpo the Foul was the original creator of the horcrux. This ancient Greek dark wizard is the first known wizard to triumphantly create a horcrux — and breed the first Basilisk. Professor McGonagall was once a talented Quidditch player herself.She was the one who discovered Harry’s Quidditch talents and cheered on the Gryffindor team at every game. Turns out, McGonagall played on the Gryffindor team during her years at Hogwarts, but stopped after an ugly fall during a Quidditch Cup finals game between Slytherin and Gryffindor. Nicolas Flamel has a fountain at the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. Rowling wrote on Pottermore that, “It is said that the stunning castle and grounds of this prestigious school were part funded by alchemist gold, for Nicolas and Perenelle Flamel met at Beauxbatons in their youth, and a magnificent fountain in the middle of the school’s park, believed to have healing and beautifying properties, is named for them.” Tonks and Lupin weren't going to die. In various interviews given after book seven was released, Rowling stated that she had intended to keep the two alive but had a change of heart at the last minute Emma Watson's hamster may have had the coolest coffin in hamster history. During the filming of The Sorcerer’s Stone, Watson often brought her pet hamster to set. Sadly, it died a couple weeks into filming. The set department then created a specially made hamster coffin with velvet lining and “Millie” engraved at the top. Harry and Dudley really do hang out together — sort of. The two cousins never quite become best friends but “would still see each other enough to be on Christmas-card terms, but they would visit more out of a sense of duty and sit in silence so that their children could see their cousins,” according to Rowling. Rowling was going to kill off either Harry, Ron, or Hermione. In an interview with Daniel Radcliffe, Rowling said that she highly contemplated killing off Ron but then decided against it. We can hear the Potterhead backlash just thinking about it. Dumbledore could see Harry when Harry was using the invisibility cloak. Dumbledore silently casted the human-presence-revealing spell, homenum revelio, to detect Harry under his invisibility cloak. The last smell that Hermione's Amortentia potion gives off is Ron's hair. Rowling revealed in a 2007 web chat that Hermione smells freshly mown grass, new parchment, spearmint toothpaste, and Ron’s hair. Amortentia, of course, reminds a person of the things they find most attractive. And we all know how Hermione and Ron’s relationship ended up. Harry and Voldemort are distant relatives. Their blood lines can be traced back to the Peverell family, but so can most wizarding families. The Deathly Hallows has a real-life story inspiration behind it.