19 Pieces Of Obscure 'Harry Potter' Lore We Learned In 2021

From Redditor u/Aderyn_Sly:

Natalie McDonald, a first year student in Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, was a real person. She was a nine-year-old girl from Toronto, Canada, who was dying of leukemia who wrote to JK asking what was going to happen in the next Harry Potter book because she would not live long enough to read it. By the time that she emailed back, Natalie had passed away the day before, never having a chance to read it. In tribute, JK wrote her in as a first-year student at Hogwarts who was sorted into Gryffindor House by the Sorting Hat.

From Redditor u/SerArysOakheart:

After Fred's death, George could never produce a patronus.

Ah damnit, now I'm sad again.

From Redditor u/nxtm4n:

Professor McGonagall was a Hatstall (took more than five minutes to be sorted) between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. Professor Flitwick was a Hatstall between Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. Later in life they had some laughs over this and occasionally speculated what would have happened if they were sorted the other way.

From Redditor u/MrJHazer:

Lupin's life. In a society where he's already ostracized for being a werewolf, he ends up meeting three people who seem to accept him.

Years into adulthood, two of his friends 'die' and another is sent to Azkaban for supposedly being involved in both murders, leaving Lupin alone for the next 12 years.

From Redditor u/jaybaybay940:

When Quidditch was first invented, the seekers chased a small golden bird called a snidget. As the snidget population dwindled, a man name Bowman Wright invented the first golden snitch.

From Redditor u/SpiritRiddle:

Harry's aunt kept the blanket he was dropped off in until her death.