In January of 41 AD, a Praetorian tribune named Cassius Chaerea stepped into a covered passageway beneath the Palatine Hill in Rome and stabbed the emperor Caligula to death. He had many reasons, most... Read More →
Four of Galar’s eight Gyms have two people attached to them, and they arrive there by two different routes. Two are split by cartridge – buy Sword and you fight one person, buy Shield... Read More →
Pokemon Red and Green were meant to be a Christmas release. Game Freak had the code finished in October 1995 and the launch was set for December 21 that year, then it slipped, because... Read More →
On August 2, 1776, fifty-six men gathered in Philadelphia and signed what amounted to a death warrant - their own. By putting their names on the Declaration of Independence, they were committing treason against... Read More →
The office of the American presidency was invented on the fly. In 1787, the founders sat in Philadelphia arguing about whether the executive should be a single person or a committee of three. They... Read More →
In the summer of 1776, thirteen scrappy strips of coastline declared war on the most powerful empire on earth. The British had more ships, more soldiers, more money, and more experience. What the colonies... Read More →
Most spells have no known creator. These ones do. From Snape's six textbook inventions to Voldemort's Dark Mark to Hermione's DA parchment jinx - every piece of magic in the series with a confirmed inventor. Read More →
J.K. Rowling had a problem she never talked about in interviews: passwords. Specifically, the sheer administrative burden of running a school where every dormitory, every office, every secret passage, and every enchanted parchment required... Read More →
Dumbledore keeps a stone basin in his office - wide, shallow, covered in runes - and inside it swirls something that looks like "light made liquid, or like wind made solid." When Harry first... Read More →
Most readers can name four Animagi. The wizarding world has far more. Here is every confirmed Animagus across the books, Rowling's Pottermore writings, and the official games - with animal forms, registry status, and the story behind each transformation. Read More →
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