Here's a weird tidbit of history for you: today is the anniversary of William Shakespeare's death back in 1616. He was also born on April 26, so that's kind of weird, but okay. Anyway, in honor of the occasion, we've compiled 16 silly Shakespeare-related tidbits for the literary nerds (or really, anyone who was forced to read Hamlet in their high school AP English class).
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Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick faced a lot of backlash after he suggested that Friday's school shooting at Santa Fe High School may have been caused by the school having "too many entrances and exits," and not by the shooter's access to firearms. This is what people on Twitter had to say about it...
Via Joseph McNamara
Our hearts go out to all the families and friends of the victims in the terrible plane crash that occurred just outside of Medellin, Colombia.
Via YouTube
YouTuber TotalBiscuit provides a critique on the way mainstream media frames school shootings, which tend to focus on glorifying the attacker and blaming video games for the violence.
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Here at Memebase, our hearts go out to all those who suffered in the massive earthquake last year. Can you believe it's already been a year? It feels like just yesterday the trembles knocked all of our plastic lawn furniture to the ground.
