How did an 18-year-old Mary Shelley initially get the terrifying inspiration to write the sci-fi masterpiece Frankenstein?

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Victor Hugo attended a massive party celebrating the restoration of his own health in 1885, only to die shortly afterward because he ate entirely too much food at the celebration.

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Lord Byron brought a tame bear to live with him at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1806 because the university's strict rules explicitly forbade students from keeping dogs.

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How did an 18-year-old Mary Shelley initially get the terrifying inspiration to write the sci-fi masterpiece Frankenstein?

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Victor Hugo attended a massive party celebrating the restoration of his own health in 1885, only to die shortly afterward because he ate entirely too much food at the celebration.

Lord Byron brought a tame bear to live with him at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1806 because the university's strict rules explicitly forbade students from keeping dogs.

Fernando Pessoa created more than 70 personas

Vanilla’s name has an unexpectedly risqué origin

The author who reviewed books that didn't exist

The tradition of eating turkey on Thanksgiving was fiercely pushed into law by the author of what famous writing?

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