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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    4 months ago

    They play a major role in the preservation of media!

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        4 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?

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          4 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.