Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

When it comes to storytelling, everything eventually comes back to Shakespeare.

He's widely regarded as the greatest playwright of all time, and for good reason, his works

continue to be adapted for the stage, film, television, and literature, finding new audiences

through each retelling.

With a body of work spanning 39 plays and 154 sonnets, William Shakespeare's contributions

to English literature, as well as the English language, cannot be overstated, phrases such

as short shrift and with baited breath, or all of a sudden, can trace their roots back

to the bard.

And even if he didn't originate them, he certainly popularized them enough to cement

them as mainstays of our modern lexicon.

Shakespeare and his bibliography have been studied to death since his own passing in 1616.

Throughout that time, he's been accused of plagiarizing and stealing the work of others,

with Francis Bacon and Christopher Marlowe being named among his many victims.

And not many academics believe the claims.

In fact, some think more of his plays and poems are still out there waiting to be discovered.

In 1794, it was 20-year-old William Henry Ireland who had stumbled across several items

allegedly written and signed by Shakespeare himself.

A friend of Ireland's, who wanted to stay anonymous, had given him a collection of old

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