J.K. Rowling answers Harry Potter questions still bugging super-fans

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Confession: I always did wonder what happened to Fluffy.

J.K. Rowling gave me and other Harry Potter fans the answer via Twitter on Friday — "He was repatriated to Greece," she tweeted. "Dumbledore liked to put Hagrid's more foolish acquisitions back where they belong - not the forest."

"The forest" is the Forbidden Forest, and if you are not a Harry Potter fan, move along, because these answers require a fairly thorough reading of the books. Rowling also got technical — and Caps-level heated — about a Horcrux detail:

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Rowling has been on a roll in recent months expanding the Potter universe, The Washington Post notes, so any nagging questions you Muggles still have will likely be answered soon.

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Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.