All 20 Iconic Wizarding Products & Their Origin Stories EXPLAINED in Detail

Everyone knows the Nimbus 2000, Floo Powder, Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans, and the Firebolt—but have you ever wondered who actually invented them? Behind some of the Wizarding World’s most famous products were brilliant inventors, accidental discoveries, family businesses, and a few ideas that probably should never have left the Hogwarts dormitories. In today’s Hogwarts lesson, we uncover the origin stories of 20 iconic wizarding products in Harry Potter—from the racing broom empires of Devlin Whitehorn and Randolph Spudmore to Fleamont Potter’s Sleekeazy’s Hair Potion, Ignatia Wildsmith’s Floo Powder, and Fred and George Weasley’s most ridiculous inventions. Some changed the Wizarding World forever… while others were simply created to cause absolute chaos.