While the exact number of plays written by Shakespeare is not known for certain due to questions of authorship and collaborations, 37 plays are traditionally attributed to him. These include famous works like Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Shakespeare also wrote over 150 sonnets and several longer poems during his prolific career in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.

Ulysses S. Grant was the leading Union general in the American Civil War. He accepted General Robert E. Lee's surrender on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House, effectively ending the Civil War. Grant later became the 18th President of the United States.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. He began composing at age 5 and wrote over 600 works in his short 35-year life, making him one of the most prolific and influential composers of the Classical period.

Bigfoot, or Sasquatch, is said to inhabit the forests of the Pacific Northwest region of North America, particularly in Washington state, Oregon, and British Columbia, Canada. Despite many alleged sightings, the existence of Bigfoot has never been scientifically confirmed.

The World Wide Web was invented by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 while working at CERN. The first website went live in 1991. By 1995, there were over 23,500 websites.

In The Sound of Music, Baron Von Trapp has 7 children. They are, from oldest to youngest: Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta, and Gretl!

The ancient city of Babylon, located in modern-day Iraq, was first mentioned in historical records around 2300 BC during the reign of Sargon of Akkad. It later became the capital of the influential Babylonian Empire under Hammurabi in the 18th century BC.

Mandarin Chinese is often named as the most spoken language because it has the most native speakers, primarily in China. However, if you consider both native and non-native speakers, English might be more widely spoken.

The Eiffel Tower was constructed for the 1889 Paris Exposition (World's Fair) celebrating the centennial of the French Revolution. It opened on March 31, 1889 and was the tallest man-made structure in the world at the time at 1,063 feet (324 meters) tall.

Mark Twain's "Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is often cited as the first novel written on a typewriter. Although there is some debate about the truth of this claim, Twain was one of the earliest adopters of the typewriter and his use of the device during this time period is well documented.