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This Is What Happens When Kids Are Encouraged To Read

College students at 65 separate institutions are actively play Quidditch, the fictional game J. K. Rowling invented for the fictional character Harry Potter. As one Middlebury student says in this clip from CBS News, "when you put this broom between your legs, you really are flying." Ok, dude. Excelsior! If Harry Potter is the only thing that can save publishing, then maybe the industry deserves to die.

2:20 PM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By rebecca
5,049 views, 60 comments

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Do We Want To Live In A World Where J. K. Rowling Has Wardrobe Malfunctions?

Oh noooo. Harry Potter author and revered nice person jillionaire J. K. Rowling's dress slid down during a reading, revealing a chaste white brassiere and the best Brit-cougar cleave this side of Helen Mirren, but we feel terrible—terrible!—for pointing this out. Also for opening the door to what are sure to be the worst puns ever made.

2:35 PM on Tue Oct 16 2007
By Emily Gould
7,636 views, 67 comments

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