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Useless Quarantine Fact #30 – Bill Shakes

Useless Quarantine Fact #30 – Bill Shakes

Useless Quarantine Fact #30 In an attempt to prevent the plague from spreading back in Shakespeare’s time, many public places were shut down until things improved. That’s why theaters were closed in Jan. 1593 and didn’t reopen until the spring of 1594. This closure meant that playwrights like William Shakespeare were temporarily out of work. And that’s when the Bard spent his time writing poetry instead of focusing on his famous plays. It’s likely when he began his 154 sonnets….

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Useless Quarantine Fact #26 – Easter Bunny

Useless Quarantine Fact #26 – Easter Bunny

Useless Quarantine Fact #26 – According to some sources, the Easter bunny first arrived in America in the 1700s with German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania and transported their tradition of an egg-laying hare called “Osterhase” or “Oschter Haws.” Eventually, the custom spread across the U.S. and the fabled rabbit’s Easter morning deliveries expanded to include chocolate and other types of candy and gifts. Additionally, in 2001 I briefly dated a young lady I met who was playing the Easter…

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Useless Quarantine Fact #22 – Double Stuf

Useless Quarantine Fact #22 – Double Stuf

Useless Quarantine Fact #22 I missed useless quarantine facts yesterday, so today to make up for it we are going to do a double edition!   To celebrate that…   Nabisco deliberately misspelled Double Stuf, featuring twice as much cream filling as the original Oreo when the Double Stuf Oreo debuted in 1975!