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If you could go back in time and do, or bring, one thing to mess up the timeline what would it be? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by hai@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

is it confirmed that shakespear was a real guy and not a pen name?

[–] ReCursing@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. The idea that he wasn't real is frankly laughable. We know where he lived, we know who his wife was and what she was left in his will (their second best bed!), he met the queen for crap's sake!

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Also he had a daughter he left his entire estate to, and the town of Stratford-upon-avon was sick of his show stealing antics for many many many years