Arrgg! Today be Talk Like a Pirate Day. In honor of such a great hollerday, here be some facts about these great lollygaggers.- In the New World pirates had the first democratic system.
- Although very feared, Blackbeard only terrorized the seven seas for one year.
- Pirate ships usually had about eighty people aboard.
- A pirate captain's cabin was open to any one on the ship.
- Pirates had the first insurance plan in the New World.
- The ship's pilot (the steerer) was actually the true leader of the ship, not the captain.
- The Jolly Roger flag was not the universal flag of all pirates. Each ship had a different flag of its own.
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