On this day in 1990 (or 1991, depending on who you believe on HP lore), Hagrid tells Harry Potter he’s a wizard on Harry’s 11th birthday.

Listen to the passage where Hagrid tells Harry in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and feel the secondhand embarrassment as an American tries to read Hagrid’s dialogue.

Today is July 31, 2020.

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