His interest in the occult led him to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a secret society focused on exploring the supernatural, founded by three Freemasons.
12. Gringotts Bank is actually London’s oldest diplomatic mission.
They shot those scenes in a building called Australia House, which also appeared in 2017’s Wonder Woman and Muppets Most Wanted.
13. Harry Potter fans nearly ruined a real-life cemetery.
Tourists keep treating the grave of one “Tom Riddell” like it’s Voldemort’s.
14. The Harry Potter books were surprisingly good detective stories.
At least until halfway through the series, when they abruptly dropped the mystery format.
15. Suspected wizard William II de Soule died a death worthy of a Terminator.
16. Sam Neil played Merlin the Wizard in a ’90s miniseries smash hit.
If you saw it, you know what we’re talking about, but if not, you’ll be shocked by just how huge this thing was.
17. Harry’s a millionaire, and the story keeps ignoring this.
If he’s gonna keep turning down opportunities to splurge, there was really no need to make him a millionaire at all.
18. Fantastic Beasts continues China’s trend of censoring gay characters.
Warner Bros. agreed to remove two lines of dialogue referencing Dumbledore’s homosexuality there, at the request of the Chinese government.
19. Intel filed a patent for a magic wand.
You could use the wand to control your devices, or to fight duels, and yet they never quite put the product into production.
20. Turns out a lot of creators have personal sides you may not care for.
But it’s possible to come to terms with it after working through the stages of grief.
Related: If Harry Potter Was More Realistic: An Alternate Timeline
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