Every Named Wand in Harry Potter
“The wand chooses the wizard. That much has always been clear to those of us who have studied wandlore.” With those words, spoken to an eleven-year-old Harry Potter inside his cramped shop on Diagon... Read More →
Every Magical Creature in Harry Potter
The wizarding world of Harry Potter teems with magical creatures - from the terrifying to the adorable, from ancient beasts lurking in forbidden forests to tiny pests hiding in household attics. J.K. Rowling built... Read More →
Every Hogwarts Professor in Harry Potter
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has always been defined as much by its teachers as by its students. Over a thousand years of magical education, the castle has employed brilliant scholars, dangerous frauds,... Read More →
Every Confirmed Death Eater Named in the Harry Potter Series
Lord Voldemort's Death Eaters are among the most feared figures in the wizarding world - a cadre of dark wizards and witches bound by the Dark Mark and a fanatical devotion to pure-blood supremacy.... Read More →
Every Horcrux Voldemort Created (and How Each Was Destroyed)
Of all the Dark Magic in the wizarding world, none is more terrifying than the Horcrux - an object infused with a fragment of a wizard's soul, granting its creator a twisted form of... Read More →
Every Member of the 1992 Olympic Men's Basketball Dream Team
In April 1989, FIBA voted to allow professional basketball players to compete in the Olympic Games, ending decades of amateur-only eligibility rules. The United States seized the opportunity to assemble the greatest basketball roster... Read More →
Every Player on the 2026 U.S. Women's Olympic Hockey Roster
Two goals were scored against the United States women’s hockey team at these Olympics. Not two a game. Two in total, across seven games and a fortnight, one a breakaway in the opening match,... Read More →
Every Player on the 1980 Miracle on Ice U.S. Olympic Hockey Roster
The United States did not win the 1980 Olympic hockey tournament by beating the Soviet Union. It won it two days later, against Finland, having trailed going into the third period. The Soviet game... Read More →
Every Player on the 2026 U.S. Men's Olympic Hockey Roster
On February 22, 1980, a team of American college players beat the Soviet Union 4-3 at Lake Placid, and for the next four and a half decades that game did all the work. It... Read More →
Every Secret Character Unlock Method in Super Smash Bros History
In 1999, the official Super Smash Bros. website ran a technique column – 77 numbered entries, written by Masahiro Sakurai himself – and technique 20 addressed the players who kept losing to the game’s... Read More →
