Off the top of my head I can tell you that there are 142 staircases in Hogwarts, one of which has a step that will trap your foot like quicksand.
But if you asked me to name the United States' 34th president I'd have to spend a few minutes singing a song I learned in the fifth grade to have a prayer of getting it right.
I can tell you which secret passageways lead where and which ones are blocked, but I don't remember when exactly the French and Indian War started.
I could go on for hours about Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, but all I know about British General Cornwallis' involvement in the American Revolution was that he was defeated at Yorktown... and I did a paper on him once.
Honestly, I don't even know what the OU library hours are, but I could tell you that the Hogwarts library is located on the fourth floor and closes at 8 p.m. every night.
Strangely, I don't find all this information useless.
I never saw history happen. I never saw the past form into the present.
History is like a story, I just find Professor Binns' take on it a bit more interesting.
We've been told our histories over and over since we were kids. Now it just seems like a story, a story that everyone believes without question.
There are a lot of errors throughout history, and a lot of information that has been covered up.
History is all up to the people who write it.
So who's to say that the Goblin Rebellion of 1612 was of no importance?
I'd say it was the beginning of a long time war against the discrimination of goblins and should be taught in schools. Goblins are important too and deserve representation in Wizengamot. I am happy to say that my family was in no way involved in goblin discrimination. Was yours?
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