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Shakespeare left his wife the second-best bed

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Nothing screams 'I value our lifelong partnership' quite like bequeathing your spouse the backup mattress. In his highly detailed will, the greatest playwright in English history left the vast majority of his estate to his daughters, leaving his wife, Anne Hathaway, exactly one specific item: the 'second-best bed with the furniture'.

Shakespeare left his wife the second-best bed
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