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Hey everyone, welcome to another instalment of Harry Potter Theory.

Today we're going to be discussing ten things you might have missed in the Half Blood

Prince movie. The Half Blood Prince introduced us to a whole new site to Voldemort that we

had rarely seen before. Tom Riddle's past. Thanks to Dumbledore's memories and Professor

Slughorn's recollection, we were granted a glimpse into Voldemort's

early years as a wizard and how he eventually learned the secrets of creating Hawkerxes.

Throughout the film though, you might have missed some of these smaller details that make

the wizarding world so rich.

So today, let's take a deep dive and check out ten of these smaller bits from the

half-blood prints that might have snuck by you. Let's get into it. 10. Why Harry was sick.

Learning how to operate was actually quite the skill. During the time of Newt's commander,

the magical Congress of the United States regularly

hired officials to oversee apparition exams and judge wizards and witches on their skill level.

And the students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry weren't too different.

Under the direction of headmaster, Elvis Dumbledor, the students of Hogwarts learned apparition

in their sixth year, but it wasn't a main part of the curriculum. It was an optional class

that many chose to enroll in. By the time Wizards and Witches turned 17, they could finally

test themselves in an apparition test and receive a license.

But during the events of the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter's own inexperience with the

spell was put on display when he became sick immediately after taking a journey via apparition.

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