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FACT OF THE DAY:
Even though she was sorted into the house of Gryffindor on Pottermore, J.K. Rowling's favorite house is Hufflepuff.

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ON THIS DAY: November 8th
1991: Severus Snape takes away Harry Potter's copy of Quidditch Through the Ages because the Library's books should not leave the Library. Harry discovers that Snape has been bitten on the leg by Fluffy the three-headed dog.
1992: Colin Creevey is petrified by Slytherin's Basilisk.
1983: Chris Rankin, the actor who played Percy Weasley, is born.

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ON THIS DAY: November 7th
1992: Gryffindor and Slytherin play in their first game of the season. A rogue bludger chases Harry, and ends up breaking his arm. Harry catches the Golden Snitch right by Malfoy, winning the game for Gryffindor, but in the process falls off of his broom. Gilderoy Lockhart attempts to heal his arm, but debones him. Harry spends the remainder of the day and the following night in the hospital wing regrowing his bones.
1995: After the Slytherin vs Gryffindor Quidditch match, Harry Potter, and both Fred and George Weasley receive a lifelong Quidditch ban from Dolores Umbridge for their outburst against the Slytherin's following the match. Rubeus Hagrid returns to Hogwarts, Hermione, Harry and Ron sneak out under Harry's invisibility cloak to go visit him and find out why he had been gone.

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What appears in the sky during the 422nd Quidditch World Cup? pic.twitter.com/Db4SXiMTSb

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According to Ron, Mad-Eye Moody is supposedly "mad as a _____." pic.twitter.com/FF4L7sKofJ

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ON THIS DAY: November 18th
2005: The film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is released.
2011: The LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 is released.

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#737

FACT OF THE DAY:
The difference between "Abracadabra" and "Avada Kedavra" is:
"Abracadabra" means "I will create as I speak", and "Avada Kedavra" means "I will destroy as I speak".

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ON THIS DAY: November 16th
2001: The film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone is released in various countries including the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Malta.
2010: The video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is released.

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"Hogwarts has been chosen to host a legendary event... the Triwizard Tournament!" - Dumbledore pic.twitter.com/3nn8Kj7UcV

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FACT OF THE DAY:
Twelve publishing houses rejected Harry Potter. It took a small virtually unknown publisher, Bloomsbury, to take a chance on Rowling. The gentleman who decided to give the book a chance had taken the manuscript home and ended up having to fight his children just for the chance to read it.