A new Harry Potter mystery has been solved – and it's all down to JK Rowling's love of Scottish rugby...

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The author promised she would reveal Sirius Black's birthday if enough people tweeted their support of her team in the Rugby World Cup.

https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/652808279995904000

Twitter was flooded with messages of support for the Scottish team — lots of it inspired by Rowling's bribery — and the magic spell clearly worked as Scotland beat Samoa to book a place in the World Cup quarter-finals.

Meanwhile, Rowling stayed true to her word.

https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/652868162703237120

And if Scotland keep winning imagine what else we could find out?

@jk_rowling Reveal who killed Ariana Dumbledore. For the love of God!

— Albus Dumbledore (@ProfessorDum) October 10, 2015

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