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bookworm-ALS--

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Stunner

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Posted: 11 years ago

#691

FACT OF THE DAY:
Icelandic moviegoers (particularly the younger
crowd) tended to crack up unexpectedly in
theaters when Rita Skeeter first introduces
herself in Goblet of Fire. Apparently the
audience weren't expecting the pronunciation
of her last name, Skeeter, to sound so close to
the Icelandic verb "skta", which happens to
be a rather crude word for defecating.

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bookworm-ALS--

@bookworm-ALS--

Stunner

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Posted: 11 years ago

#692

ON THIS DAY: October 23rd
1991: The Gryffindor first-years have an
Astronomy Class at midnight, on the top of
the Astronomy Tower.
1994: The notification of the date of the
student arrivals from the Beauxbatons
Academy of Magic and the Durmstrang
Institute is posted.

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bookworm-ALS--

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Stunner

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Posted: 11 years ago

#693

FACT OF THE DAY:
Wizarding currency into muggle money.
Pound Sterling:
1 Galleon - 4.93
1 Sickle - 0.29
1 Knut - 0.01
U.S. Dollar:
1 Galleon - $7.35
1 Sickle - $0.46
1 Knut - $0.02
Euro:
1 Galleon - 5.90
1 Sickle - 0.34
1 Knut - 0.01
Japanese Yen:
1 Galleon - 653.66
1 Sickle - 37.91
1 Knut - 1.31
Australian Dollar:
1 Galleon - $7.96
1 Sickle - $0.46
1 Knut - $0.02
Canadian Dollar:
1 Galleon - $7.82
1 Sickle - $0.45
1 Knut - $0.02

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bookworm-ALS--

@bookworm-ALS--

Stunner

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Posted: 11 years ago

#694

FACT OF THE DAY:
Tom Felton did not read any of the Harry
Potter books before auditioning, and at the
audition the director was asking each
contender for the role of Malfoy what their
favorite part in the book was. When it was his
turn, Felton said his favorite part in the book
was the part at Gringrotts, which is what the
previous contender had just said. The director
saw through this very quickly and thought it
was very funny.

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bookworm-ALS--

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Stunner

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Posted: 11 years ago

#695

FACT OF THE DAY:
J.K. Rowling's editor wanted to cut out the
troll scene in the first book. Rowling insisted
on saying no, because she felt that given how
annoying Hermione had been up until then,
that she literally needed something huge to
redeem herself in Harry and Ron's eyes.

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Menrva

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Posted: 11 years ago

#696

Originally posted by: bookworm-ALS--
FACT OF THE DAY:
Tom Felton did not read any of the Harry
Potter books before auditioning, and at the
audition the director was asking each
contender for the role of Malfoy what their
favorite part in the book was. When it was his
turn, Felton said his favorite part in the book
was the part at Gringrotts, which is what the
previous contender had just said. The director
saw through this very quickly and thought it
was very funny.

And he still made an awesome Malfoy!