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Evidence Lady Gaga wrote Shakespeare’s works

January 14, 2010

This cheeky article provided by the American Shakespeare Center provides the top ten reasons why pop star Lady Gaga is the real William Shakespeare. Visit the ASC’s website for the full list!
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Star-crossed peacocks

January 9, 2010

Two peafowl named for the title characters in Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet broke out of the confines of their Ohio yard in what I sincerely hope was a Chicken Run-esque kind of escape, as this article reports.  Sadly, Romeo was lost not to poison, but to a traveling motor vehicle.  That’s why the chicken didn’t...
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Was time travel the reason for Shakespeare’s greatness?

January 9, 2010

I mean, we all know the aliens built the pyramids, so why is it so incomprehensible to think that Shakespeare was motivated by an accommodating dude wearing a purple suit with glowing buttons and a helmet (obviously, earth doesn’t have oxygen in the future) who also has an affinity for ripping a hole in...
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