Top 10 Most Well Known Pirate Myths

The Top Ten

1 Pirate Flags Were Not Always Just White Skull and Crossbones On a Field of Black

2 Hollywood Thinks Pirates Are Grizzled Old Men But In Reality Most of Them Were Probably In Their 20s

3 Only One Treasure Trove Has Ever Been Found: The Whydah

4 Pirates Did Not Make Members of the Crew Walk the Plank After a Disagreement or Leave Them Abandoned On a Desert Island

5 Injured Pirates Received Money for Injuries Received In the Line of Duty

6 The Pirates Were Not Racist or Machos

7 John King Was a Nine Year Old Boy Pirate of the Whydah Crew

8 Pirates Did Not Attack Other People for Pleasure

9 They Forced People to Join Their Crew

10 Being a Pirate Was Really Boring

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