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mental_floss Blog » The Quick 10: 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Harry Potter
With Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince coming out in the U.S. later this week, it's time to out myself as a Slytherin Supporter. Maybe you already knew that. Nothing against Gryffindors - I'm no Voldemort or anything - but I always tend to like the villains a little more than the do-gooders. To celebrate Harry and Co.'s sixth movie (and sixth book), here are a few facts that you may not have known about the gang in gold and red (and maybe a couple about the set in silver and green).
Hagrid is said to be twice the height of a human but in the films he is mentioned to be 8 feet 6 inches. Hermione’s cat Crookshanks is no ordinary cat as he is half-kneazle. Kneazles are intelligent cat-like creatures who can sniff out suspicious characters and if a kneazle takes a liking to a witch or wizard, they make for excellent pets. Members of the Order of the Pheonix are the only wizards who know how to communicate using their patronuses.