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Pirate Facts Arrr Me Favourite! (15 Photos)
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“Unlike the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, there was not one universal pirate code that all Pirates everywhere knew and obeyed and respected. Instead, each ship tended to have its own code known as the Articles. Many of them were similar but far from universal.
The articles specified things like how treasure would be divided, what the punishments would be for dereliction of duty, and how much an injured pirate could expect to receive from the common treasure – yes, that means Pirates had health insurance, or at least workman’s comp.”
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