Random Huge Things Everybody Learned About Harry Potter AFTER The Books (50 items)

(#44) Rowling Has Never Been to the Real Dursley, Sorry About the Diss

Dursley is a small Gloucestershire town that Rowling liked the sound of and it went with the first names she had picked out for the family. No diss was meant to the town, though. Rowling said, "I have never visited Dursley, and I am sure it is full of charming people."
They are probably not in a rush to put that on the welcome sign.
Source: Telegraph
(#29) There Was a Jewish Wizard

A fan tweeted to Rowling: “My wife said there are no Jews at Hogwarts. I’m a Jew so I assume she said it to be the only magical 1 in the family. Thoughts?”
Rowling responded: “Anthony Goldstein, Ravenclaw, Jewish wizard.”
Source: TIME
(#18) Hogwarts Is Located in Scotland

The textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a requirement of first year Hogwarts students. Ron Weasley doodles and annotates Harry's copy, slyly teaching fans a few things about the magical world. Namely, Hogwarts is located in Scotland. We also learn that Ron agrees that the Hungarian Horntail is the most fearsome dragon of all since his pal Harry dealt with one first hand.
As for the doodles, Rowling thought it quite natural to put them in. “That’s Harry and Ron graffiti-ing the book, as you do to your schoolbooks. You do doodle on them, I always wrote all over mine. Teachers reading this will not be happy that I’m saying it but you do, don’t you? So they’ve just scribbled things on them and said rude things in them, the name of their favourite Quidditch team and stuff in the book,” she explained.
(#22) Fantastic Beasts Started Out as a Book Written for Charity

Over 80% of the cover price goes to Comic Relief, the charity. Nearly $30 million has been raised since the book's initial publication in 2001.
Before the film version debuted, Rowling and star Eddie Redmayne also attended a special screening to benefit Lumos Foundation USA (partnered with Warner Bros. and Scholastic) on Nov. 12, 2016 at Carnegie Hall. Lumos helps children in orphanages “regain their right to a family.”
Initially, it was Comic Relief that inspired her to put Fantastic Beasts (as well as Quidditch Through the Ages) together. “I always write more than I need for the books so bits of them were just written for my own fun," Rowling told Raincoast, “I always write more than I need for the books so bits of them were just written for my own fun. So when Comic Relief asked me to write something I thought I would just love to write them, I just thought it would be so much fun and I was completely correct. It was more fun than I've had writing the others."
(#3) Luna Lovegood Marries the Grandson of Newt Scamander

Harry's lovely, fearless, ethereal, and odd friend had a love for imaginary and real animals. So, it’s no surprise that she ended up becoming a famous wizarding naturalist married to the grandson of Newt Scamander, Rolf. Scamander, you'll recall, authored Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Who better to find them than Luna Lovegood?

Source: Beyond Hogwarts
(#38) Professor Dumbledore Is Gay

Rowling kept this little gem to herself up until 2007 when she told an audience at Carnegie Hall that not only was Hogwarts’s Headmaster gay, but that he also had been in love with his childhood friend Gellert Grindelwald. Later, he would have to defeat dark wizard Grindelwald and the love of his life, leaving him heartbroken. Rowling explained why such a wise person could be in love with someone so opposite. “Falling in love can blind us to an extent,” she said.

The revelation about the beloved character’s sexuality was received with a “prolonged ovation.” Taken aback, Rowling said, “If I’d known it would make you so happy, I would have announced it years ago!'"

In 2015, a fan tweeted to Rowling: "I wonder why you said that Dumbledore is a gay because I can't see him that way?"

Rowling responded: "Maybe because gay people just look like... people?"

Sources: Mental Floss, Telegraph