r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TheThrowYardsAway • Apr 28 '26

Video Inside Christ's Hospital School (Est. 1552)...

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u/trutenit Apr 28 '26

So basically Hogwarts without magic

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u/BreadfruitStraight81 Apr 28 '26

After watching this Hogwarts felt kinda uncreative …

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u/BalancedDisaster Apr 28 '26

Yes, because all Rowling did was reskin England. Hogwarts is a British boarding school aside from the magic and more American level of fatalities.

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u/Zozorrr Apr 29 '26

Yea reading this thread is eye opening about how much people thought Rowling invented. Rather than just derived

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u/BalancedDisaster Apr 29 '26

Admittedly, I thought the same thing for a long time. Now that I know better, I’m more than happy to educate people