Of these 12 facts you didn’t know about Harry Potter, which are the most surprising?
Do you think you really know about Harry Potter? Check out these facts you surely didn’t know about the wizard of Hogwarts, both about the books and the movies:
1. J. K. Rowling lost her billionaire status, because she gave a portion of her fortune to charity.
2. In 2009, Daniel Radcliffe’s double had an accident on the set of the seventh installment of the saga.
3. Harry Potter wins the gold medal for banned books.
4. The fastest reader in the world, Anne Jones, read the 607 pages of the final book in 47 minutes.
5. Daniel Radcliffe, who played Harry Potter, had an allergy to glasses he wore.
6. J.K. Rowling wrote the final chapter of Harry Potter in 1990, seven years before the first book was released.
7. There are 160 people named Harry Potter in the US, according to the registrar of names.
8. Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling were born on the same day.
9. Steven Spielberg refused to direct Harry Potter.
10. The entire series of Harry Potter books contains 199 chapters, 4224 pages, and 1,090,739 words.
11. Michael Jackson wanted to create a musical about Harry Potter, but J.K. Rowling refused.
12. The Harry Potter book was translated from British English to US English.
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