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...Peeves's hat with bells was custom-made in 1876 by Madame Bonhabille of Paris by request of Headmistress Eupraxia Mole, who was trying to compensate the Poltergeist after the caretaker of the day tried to get rid of him?
...that when Severus Snape substituted for Remus Lupin in Harry's third year Defence Against the Dark Arts class, he said that Kappas are from Mongolia when they are actually from Japan?
...that there are one hundred forty-two staircases in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?
...that the oldest recorded wizard reached the age of 755 in 1991, even though wizard life expectancy in Britain only reached 137¾ years in the mid-1990s?
...that in a Quidditch game in 1921, Tutshill Tornados Seeker Roderick Plumpton caught the Golden Snitch in only three and a half seconds?

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