Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
According to Pottermore, Newt Scamander is a member of Hufflepuff house. (Source)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is on the supply list for first year students attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry…though we're not really sure why. After all, they don't take Care of Magical Creatures until their third year. And, let's face it, most first years never have to fight a troll in the girls' bathroom. (Source)
According to the "About the Author" section of the book, in the year 1994, Newt Scamander lives in Dorset with his wife, Porpentina. In the movie version of the book, which is set in New York City in 1926, he meets a woman working for the Magical Congress of the United States of America named Porpentina Goldstein (played by Katherine Waterston). Do we smell a love story on the big screen? (Source)
J.K. Rowling revealed that, after the events of the Harry Potter novels, Luna Lovegood became a magizoologist and married Newt Scamander's grandson, Rolf. Here's hoping that they finally proved the existence of nargles together. (Source)
Like Mr. Scamander, Hermione Granger also worked at the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creature after graduating from Hogwarts. There she "was instrumental in greatly improving life for house-elves and their ilk." (Source)