8 Facts You Didn't Know About Pirates

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eight facts you didn't know about pirates number eight Davy Jones locker Davy Jones locker is a real nautical term that dates back to the 1700s Davy Jones's sailor slang for the devil is on somebody the Davy Jones locker didn't mean sending them to the bottom of the ocean what the hell number seven Jonah as early as 1611 their written accounts describing a person who brings bad luck to a ship as Jonah if a man was marked as a Jonah he was doomed to be thrown overboard if the trouble persisted the pirate suspected they threw out the wrong man overboard and when sometimes tossed the original accuser to appease that goes for the innocent man I for one wouldn't be pointing fingers number six hearings those gold and silver hearings those guys were not just a fashion choice they believed wearing pierced earrings of precious metals gold and silver for example would help their eyesight also if they were stranded marooned or left in port they could cut off pieces of the earrings to trade or barter with at least you never had to worry about losing your wallet number five was willing up his storm never heard the same to whistle up a storm or anything for that matter to blink up the storm well you can thank the Pirates why because they believed that whistling on a ship could cause the weather to turn stormy as in to whistle up a storm good thing I can't whistle might be keys to being a Joe number four Hollywood I hate to ruin the fun and fantasy of pirates but Hollywood has as it's done so many things pulled the wall over your eyes nobody ever walked a blank outside of a Hollywood produced film pirates weren't known for being particularly patient and it was a whole lot easier just to chuck someone over the side number three mr. teach you can't have a list about pirates without talking about Everett teach or as you might know him Blackbeard it was undoubtedly the most feared of pirates and his famous replacing strands of hemp rope and his hair and lighting them on fire so I was always to be involved smoke the fear many had of Blackbeard turned out to be completely justified as in his final battle it took five large caliber gunshot wounds and over 28 deep cuts from calluses including one across his throat to kill him it's more amazing is that his fearsome reputation was built in just two or three years number two not too shabby piracy wasn't considered a bad job many pirates chose the life and whenever a pirate stopped a merchant ship it was not uncommon for some of American to join the pirates there were only two options for honest work see merchants or military service both of which had terrible conditions sailors were underpaid routinely cheated on their wages beaten at the slightest provocation and often turned into slave labor the surprisingly democratic and humane life aboard a pirate ship seemed preferable to many especially considering the potential for massive payouts number one pioneers pirates weren't all sexist criminals in fact they were extremely forward-thinking the ports which were pirates controlled were often run democratically as were things on or to a public vote followed complex rules which everybody helped develop although the captain did step down most of them and they are even edited with inventing health insurance he lost a leg in a fight they were granted money from the ship's holds he only lost a few fingers on your non-dominant hand he'd still get a payout it's not as much it's also a myth that they were lowlifes there are many notable pirates including Captain Kidd who were extremely wealthy before they ever got into the trade did I mention they were equal opportunity employers they didn't care what nationality where or even if you were male female gay or lesbian if you could say all fight follow the rules and have no qualms about calling yourself a pirate you were in that's it for this top eight if you want a cool new countdown every Tuesday hit that big red button down below or if you want to catch out a few more of our videos right now click on either of these thumbnails or head on over to our main page top eight Studios is on Facebook and Google+ and if you have an idea for our next countdown comment down below thanks for watching guys see y'all next week

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Channel: Top 8 Studios

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Length: 3min 39sec (219 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 04 2015

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