Trivia Fact 1 - No one knows the actual birthday of Shakespeare!- Trivia Fact 2 - Anne Hathaway was eight years older than Shakespeare and three months pregnant when they got married!
- Trivia Fact 3 - Many Shakespeare life facts are unknown - these are referred to as the Lost Years
- Trivia Fact 4 - Shakespeare's Father, John was a money lender! He was accused in the Exchequer Court of Usury for lending money at the inflated rate of 20% and 25% Interest!
- Trivia Fact 5 - William Arden, a relative of Shakespeare's mother Mary Arden, was arrested for plotting against Queen Elizabeth I, imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed!
- Trivia Fact 6 - Shakespeare and his company built TWO Globe Theatres!
- Trivia Fact 7 - Shakespeare never published any of his plays!
- Trivia Fact 8 - Shakespeare and the Globe Actors were implicated in the Essex Rebellion of 1601!
- Trivia Fact 9 - Many eminent Authors and Politicians do not believe that Shakespeare wrote his plays...
- Trivia Fact 10 - Shakespeare's family were all illiterate!
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