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The boy who lived continues to live on. Two years after the last 'Harry Potter' movie hit theaters (and six years after 'Deathly Hallows' was published), author J.K. Rowling is working on a Potter prequel that would follow a young Harry as an orphan, before his time at Hogwarts.

After thumbing through a copy of Evansville at Two Hundred, I found a several interesting things about this city I've called home my whole life that didn't know before. Here are five that stood out to me.

Evansville At Two Hundred is filled with pictures and facts from our founding in 1812 as a small river town, to our current standing as the epicenter of the tri-state area.

For over 20 years, Snoop Dogg's lyrics have covered everything from life in the hood and gang violence, as well as the lighter side including partying and occasionally (ok, frequently) enjoying a puff of illegal narcotics. His most loyal fans have taken his lyrics to heart and now, they can take them to their lungs.

Though their split seemed to start amicably, within the past week Katy Perry and Russell Brand’s divorce has taken a turn for the dramatic. One particular matter of contention for the former couple is said to be Brand’s upcoming third ‘Booky Wook’ memoir. Sources have said that Brand may discuss his marital strife in the tome — but one aspect of it in particular has Perry terrified.

Uh oh. Just days after Katy Perry jetted off to Asia, leaving soon-to-be-ex husband Russell Brand behind in Los Angeles, the drama is back in full force. Sources told Us Weekly that Perry is petrified that Brand will air all of the couple’s dirty laundry in his upcoming third book.