William Shakespeare, n.Trivia

Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump"

William Shakespeare came up with more than 1,700 words including moonbeam, laughable, eyeball, bump, puking, champion, bedroom, excitement, and zany.

Shakespeare might have smoked pot, cocaine and hallucinogenic nutmeg, all of which were detected in pipes dug up in his garden.

William Shakespeare used about 17,677 words in his plays, sonnets, and narrative poems.

Shakespeare had a son named "Hamnet." Shakespeare began writing "Hamlet" three years after his son's death at age 11.

Shakespeare is said to have come up with more than 1,700 words including moonbeam, laughable, eyeball, bump, puking, champion, bedroom, excitement, and zany.

William Shakespeare was likely born and died on April 23rd, in 1564 and 1616, respectively.

Uranus' moons are named after characters in Shakespeare's plays: Umbriel, Cordelia, and Ariel.

Shakespeare has added over 2200 words to the English language.

William Shakespeare invented about 10% of his total used words, doing so by simply changing the prefixes and suffixes, connecting words together, borrowing from a different language, or simply inventing them altogether.

William Shakespeare had a curse engraved on his tombstone to prevent anyone from moving his bones.

Shakespeare originated the “yo momma” joke. In response to “Thou has undone our mother”, Aaron, replies “Villain, I have done thy mother".

Shakespeare created the name "Jessica" in The Merchant of Venice.

Shakespeare was born and died on the same day: April 23.

Shakespeare became wealthy by hoarding grain, and reselling at inflated prices during a period of famine.

Shakespeare was married at the age of 18 to 26-year-old Anne Hathaway, who was three months pregnant with their first child.

Pocahontas and Shakespearew were contemporaries. Shakespeare died in 1616. Pocahontas in 1617.