var counter = 0;
function factoid (iOldRandom) {
var arrFactoid = new Array(32);
arrFactoid[0] = "Harry Potter is eleven years old when our story begins.
— Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone";
arrFactoid[1] = "First Year Students are required to bring 3 plain work robes to Hogwarts.
— Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone";
arrFactoid[2] = "Mr. Weasley took his family to Egypt when he won the annual Daily Prophet Grand Prize Galleon Draw.
— Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban";
arrFactoid[3] = "The Firebolt racing broom can accelerate to 150 miles an hour in 10 seconds.
— Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban";
arrFactoid[4] = "Hogsmeade was the headquarters of the 1612 goblin rebellion.
— Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban";
arrFactoid[5] = "The Shrieking Shack is the most severely haunted house in Britain.
— Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban";
arrFactoid[6] = "To open the Monster Book of Monsters, you must stroke it.
— Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban";
arrFactoid[7] = "Hippogriffs look like a cross between a horse and an eagle.
— Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban";
arrFactoid[8] = "To conjure a patronium, concentrate on a happy memory and say Expecto Patronum.
— Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban";
arrFactoid[9] = "A dementor's kiss sucks out your soul, leaving the empty shell of your body behind.
— Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban";
arrFactoid[10] = "Padfoot is the nickname of Sirius Black.
— Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban";
arrFactoid[11] = "Wormtail is the nickname of Peter Pettigrew, one of the creators of the Marauder's Map.
— Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban";
arrFactoid[12] = "Hagrid is the Keeper of the Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts.
— Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone";
arrFactoid[13] = "Albus Dumbledore is of the Order Of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. Of Wizards.
— Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone";
arrFactoid[14] = "There are 17 silver Sickles to a gold Galleon and 29 bronze Knuts to a Sickle.
— Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone";
arrFactoid[15] = "Monkshood and wolfsbane are the same plant, which is also known as aconite.
— Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone";
arrFactoid[16] = "The inscription of the Mirror of Erised says Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi.
— Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone";
arrFactoid[17] = "Dragon Breeding was outlawed by the Wizard's Convention of 1709.
— Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone";
arrFactoid[18] = "The cry of a Mandrake is fatal to anyone who hears it.
— Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets";
arrFactoid[19] = "The cry of a Mandrake seedling will knock you out for several hours.
— Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets";
arrFactoid[20] = "Cornish pixies are electric blue and about eight inches high.
— Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets";
arrFactoid[21] = "Nearly Headless Nick died on October 31, 1492.
— Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets";
arrFactoid[22] = "Skele-Gro regrows bones.
— Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets";
arrFactoid[23] = "Expelliarmus is a Disarming Charm.
— Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets";
arrFactoid[24] = "Tarantallegra is a Dancing Charm.
— Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets";
arrFactoid[25] = "Finite Incantatem ends Charms.
— Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets";
arrFactoid[26] = "Tom Riddle had a Muggle father and a witch mother, and was an orphan.
— Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets";
arrFactoid[27] = "Tom Riddle (as Lord Voldemort) opened the Chamber of Secrets 50 years ago.
— Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets";
arrFactoid[28] = "You-know-who's supporters call themselves the Death Eaters.
— Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire";
arrFactoid[29] = "Mr. And Mrs. Dursley tell people that Harry is attending St. Brutus's Secure Center for Incurably Criminal Boys.
— Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire";
arrFactoid[30] = "Mr. Weasley works at the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office at the Ministry of Magic.
— Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire";
arrFactoid[31] = "At the age of 15, Hogwarts' students take their O.W.L. examinations — Ordinary Wizarding Levels.
— Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire";
var lRand = Math.random();
var iRandom = Math.round(32 * lRand);
//var iRandom = rand(31)-1;
//alert (lRand + " " + iRandom);
// alert(iOldRandom +" "+ iRandom);
window.status = iRandom;
//var arrPicked = new Array();
//arrPicked[counter] = iRandom;
while ((iRandom == iOldRandom) || (iRandom > 31)) {
iRandom = Math.round(32 * Math.random());
// alert("N2 " + iOldRandom +" "+ iRandom);
window.status = iRandom + " " + iOldRandom;
}
// counter++;
if (document.getElementById) {
document.getElementById("dfact").innerHTML = ' ' + arrFactoid[iRandom] + '';
}
else if (document.layers) {
document.layers['dfact1'].document.layers['dfact2'].document.open();
document.layers['dfact1'].document.layers['dfact2'].document.write('
' + arrFactoid[iRandom] + '');
document.layers['dfact1'].document.layers['dfact2'].document.close();
}
document.hform.rNum.value = iRandom;
// arrFactoid[iRandom]
}