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Whether we wanted to or not, we now all hold the knowledge that magical folk in the Harry Potter universe used to have a rather unsavory way of relieving themselves before adopting the Muggle invention of a "bathroom."

The official Pottermore account, which pulls its canonical revelations directly from J.K. Rowling, bestowed this nugget of information upon us in a Tweet posted Friday. This certainly fits the criteria of National Trivia Day.

Hogwarts didn't always have bathrooms. Before adopting Muggle plumbing methods in the eighteenth century, witches and wizards simply relieved themselves wherever they stood, and vanished the evidence. #NationalTriviaDay — Pottermore (@pottermore) January 4, 2019

This disturbing pinch of information had many fans wondering about the infamous Chamber of Secrets. These hidden catacombs were known to be established centuries ago by one of the school's founders, Salazar Slytherin. From as early as the '20s when Moaning Myrtle attended Hogwarts, the Chamber was accessible through the girls' bathroom, making fans wonder about the connection between the two.

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Thankfully, an entry about the Chamber of Secrets on the Pottermore website explains that a local Slytherin descendant protected the entry once plumbing was finally installed.

Unfortunately, this doesn't wipe up many other questions fans are floating at this revelation: What about children who can't use magic yet, or Muggle-borns new to school? How did previous students deal with the knowledge that anyone anywhere could be clearing their bowels, right now? Did wizards just vanish themselves clean or did they have some kind of toilet paper they used? Did that mean Muggle-hating pure-bloods still go to the bathroom on the floor and then clean it up so as not to use the Muggle plumbing?

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It seems some mysteries about the Harry Potter universe will remain a secret for now, much like we wished this one had.

pic.twitter.com/p8kUJ2Mt90 — JP;lay NieR: Automata and also watch SpiderVerse (@PuPunPa) January 4, 2019

Hope Corrigan is an Australian freelance writer for IGN who doesn't think she needed this. You can follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch.