Celebrate Harry Potter's birthday with these fun facts

MANILA, Philippines - Put on your wizard hat and pour a glass of beer, because today we celebrate a double birthday, J.K. Rowling’s and Harry Potter's.

The famous fictional wizard is turning 34 today. The character Harry Potter was played by Daniel Radcliffe who also turned 25 last July 23. Although the dearly loved series officially ended, for the Harry Potter fans, the story will live on their shelves hearts forever.

Because of the popularity of Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling is the first person to become a billionaire (U.S. dollars) by writing books.

In celebration of Harry Potter’s birthday, here are some of the most interesting facts about the characters, the book, and the movie:

The oldest actress to ever play the role of a Hogwarts student is “Moaning Myrtle,” who was 37 years old at the “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.”

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Alan Rickman (Professor Snape) is the only character who knows his fate even before the release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”

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“Hogwarts,” the name of Harry’s school was inspired by a plant J.K. Rowling saw in the Kew Gardens, New York City.

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For his audition tape, Rupert Grint dressed up like his female drama teacher and rapped about Ron Weasley.

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Voldemort is pronounced as vol-de-mor (silent “t”). It means “flight of death” in French. And over the course of the Harry Potter movies, Voldemort had been played by six different actors.

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Dumbledore means bumblebee in old English terminology.

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“Lice outbreak”  occurred among the children cast members during the filming of “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.”

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Tom Felton originally auditioned for the characters of Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. He ended up having the Draco Malfoy character.

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Rupert Grint was kicked out from the set during the filming of the kissing scene between Harry and Hermione, because he just could not stop laughing.

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Tom Felton’s robes were sewn shut during the filming of “Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban,” because he kept on sneaking food onto the set.

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