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HARRY POTTER









One of Shakespeare's First Folios (not this one) was stolen from a cathedral in England in 1998.

A number of valuable, important, or rare manuscripts have been swiped from authors or the individuals or institutions tasked with taking care of them. Here’s a sampling of them.

Kirstin Fawcett
The cover of 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.'

Do you know the meaning behind Harry Potter spells like Expelliarmus and Wingardium Leviosa? How about where Dumbledore’s name comes from, or the debated etymology of horcrux?

Meredith Danko