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Quidditch Isn’t As Magical As It Sounds

Quidditch has become a real sport that takes place on the ground with broomsticks

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Pretty much everone knows Quidditch from the mind of J.K. Rowling, the creator of the Harry Potter franchise. It didn’t take long for Quidditch, the sport where wizards fly around on broomsticks, trying to score goals, and capture the golden snitch, to become a reality. In the real world version of Quidditch, athletes compete on the ground, the sport is timed, and there is sadly no golden snitch. Players do run around with broomsticks under their legs for sport identification purposes. Since its real-world inception, Quidditch has become increasingly popular, with a competitive college league even being formed and scholarships being handed out (assumably).