10 *Gasp* Facts about Shakespeare

Good day, readers, it's good to see you again even after all the chaos from school's re-opening.

This topic which seemed quite interesting came to my mind, and I decided to blog about it. Today, I randomly posted 10 really surprising facts about the Father of Literature - William Shakespeare.

1. He never went to university. In fact, his family was illiterate! Yet, he grew up to be the greatest English language writer ever lived. (Don't get any ideas)

2. He married a 26-year-old woman, Anne Hathaway, when he was 18.

3. Anne, his wife, was three months pregnant when she married Shakespeare.

4. His eldest child, Susanna, received most of his property when he died, and not his wife.

5. All Shakespeare gave his wife in his will was his second-best bed. The second-best bed was their marriage bed - the best bed was reserved for guests.

6. Both of Shakespeare's parents had names of Bible characters. His mother, MARY, was a wealthy gentleman-farmer's daughter - she married JOHN Shakespeare, a tanner who was the mayor of Stratford.

7. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the character "Juliet" was born on "Lammas Eve at night", which was probably July 31 - and "Juliet" means "born in July"!!!

8. Most of his plays were published seven years after his death.

9. Shakespeare survived the Black Death, but his descendants weren't so fortunate. All of his grandchildren died, leaving him no more descendants.

10. No one really knows what Shakespeare looks like - no portrait was ever painted of him when he was still alive.