10 Interesting Fact About Pirates

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• Pirates usually wear black cloth as their clothes, but actually the more commonly used colors are red.
• The famous pirate William Kidd actually never preys on ships originating from Britain, but only French and Dutch ships.
• One of the habits of pirates is to drink rum, even they sometimes use rum as a medicine to treat toothache.
• Famous Pirates Blackbeard painted his beard with a white cloth and turned on it while fighting to frighten his opponents.
• Pirate captain Mary Read and Anne Bonny are two of the few famous and successful pirate women.
• Pirates often bring pets on their ships, such as monkeys and owls.
• Pirate captain Henry Morgan is a former British soldier who later became the most famous pirate in his time.
• The term Walk The Plank is actually rarely used by pirates and more often appears in modern popular media.
• Famous pirates Edward Teach, or Blackbeard, have the habit of installing axes on his beard and turn it on when fighting.
• Pirates often bring their treasures to remote islands to be hidden, and some of the treasures have not been found until now.