How many plays did Shakespeare write?
William Shakespeare wrote about 37 to 39 plays, depending on how collaborations are counted, along with 154 sonnets.
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- Did Poe predict ideas about the universe?
“Edgar Allan Poe's essay "Eureka" included ideas about the universe that resemble later scientific theories.”
Reference: Smithsonian Magazine
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Did Dickens's pet raven inspire Poe?
Charles Dickens's pet raven, Grip, is believed to have inspired Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven," and the stuffed bird is now at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Who invented pasteurization?
French scientist Louis Pasteur developed pasteurization in the 1860s, which kills harmful microbes by heating liquids like milk and wine.