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Post by dividavi on Jan 27, 2023 17:41:36 GMT
Fascinating stuff. Three of the ten were women. Blackbeard's real name was Edward Thatch. William Kidd may have been innocent of piracy, for which he was hanged. Unlike most pirates, Henry Morgan died of natural causes.
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Post by politicidal on Jan 27, 2023 20:34:00 GMT
Surprised they didn’t mention Henry Every. He was subject to the first worldwide manhunt after seizing a Mughal treasure vessel. And he never got caught.
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Post by politicidal on Feb 16, 2023 1:36:59 GMT
Also, Grace O'Malley deserves her own movie by now.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Feb 26, 2023 15:03:55 GMT
Dock Ellis. He pitched a no hitter while on LSD. Supposedly
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Post by politicidal on Feb 27, 2023 2:03:19 GMT
Also, Olivier Levasseur aka 'The Buzzard' deserves some mention. Since it's alleged that a cryptogram leads to his treasure worth over a billion dollars.
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