Interesting facts about pirates? (midwest.social)

submitted 2 months ago by adhocfungus@midwest.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I saw an article about keelhauling and realized I don't know much about pirates (those on the sea, not the internet) beyond what I've seen in movies. Tell me your most interesting pirate facts. Mythical or historical.

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[-] otp@sh.itjust.works -3 points 2 months ago

They play a major role in the preservation of media!

[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago

They explicitly said, not those kind of pirates

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Oops, skimming fail. Lol

Feels like a question better suited for something like AskHistory. AskLemmy is usually about personal anecdotes, isn't it?

[-] adhocfungus@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

I am personally familiar with that kind of pirate and I definitely appreciate what they do.

Maybe I should cross-post to AskHistory? I'm not looking for anything specific, really more hoping to learn some things while giving Lemmy users a chance to dump info they find interesting.

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