Read a Q&A with Somerville native and famous botmaker Darius Kazemi. He created a Sorting Hat bot on Twitter that sorts its followers into Hogwarts houses.

There is some variance; the Hat also makes thinking noises ("Hmmm") and recites a poem ... The LEGO Talking Sorting Hat, Set #76429, retails for $99.99, and it is composed of 561 pieces.

March 31, 2017 at 6:03pm BST. A hand-written draft of the Sorting Hat’s song by JK Rowling has been added to an exhibition of previously unseen artefacts from the Harry Potter stories.

The Sorting Hat debated for a whopping five and a half minutes to determine whether the future Hogwarts headmistress should be placed in Ravenclaw or Gryffindor. Spoiler: She went to Gryffindor.