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Where did J.K. Rowling get the idea for Harry Potter?

J.K. Rowling came up with the idea for Harry Potter in 1990 while on a delayed train from Manchester to London.

The first Harry Potter book was rejected by 12 publishers before Bloomsbury published it in 1997.

The Harry Potter series is the best-selling book series of all time, with more than 600 million copies sold.

J.K. Rowling wrote parts of Harry Potter in cafés in Edinburgh.

J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter share a birthday, July 31.

The first printing of the first Harry Potter book was just 500 hardback copies.

The first Harry Potter book was retitled "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in the US.