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Pleading Their Bellies: Impersonation on The High Seas

by Mr Ghaz in History, November 17, 2009
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Normally, pirates did not carry women to sea. Indeed, they had a custom that strictly forbade such practice. But the evidence is that Rackham and his gang accepted Anne and Mary as equals. According to the accounts of two French captives, the women usually wore dresses on board ship: “When …we gave chase or attacked, they wore women’s”.

The Single and Cheapest Way to Reduce Stress in Your Life

by tenger in Advice, November 4, 2009
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Reducing stress does not have to be expensive or complicated.

Brave Words: Unique Weapons During World War

by Mr Ghaz in Military, September 30, 2009
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At first 29 Navajo recruits worked out the code that, by the end of the war, some 420 of their fellow tribesmen would use. The code’s vocabulary – 411 terms – was based on association: dive-bomber became chickenhawk; fighter-plane, humming-bird; battleship, whale; submarine, iron fish. The Navajos used imagination and humor too. They called ammunition “all sorts of shells,” and antitank missiles “tortoise shooters”; Australia was “rolled hat.” and China, “braided hair”.

Did Marco Polo Go to China? Chapter 1

by jackhammer800 in History, August 7, 2009
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Marco Polo’s book, the Description of the World, was written in 1298 and contains valuable information about his travels.

Wilhelm Gustloff: Disaster at Sea

by Kim Seabrook in History, July 28, 2009
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Alexander Marinesko from Hero or Villain: More Prisoners of Eternity.

Sex on the Beach

by BrandonGates in Sexuality, July 7, 2009
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Sex on the Beach is not only a famous cocktail, but it’s also one of the favorite fantasies for many people. And the best thing is that it’s quite easy to bring this fantasy to life. Only thing that need is good will and, off course, a willing partner. So, don’t hesitate, live the life of James Bond and try sex on the beach.

Cadets: Fun and Exciting Free Organization

by supah green in Organizations, June 25, 2009
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About Cadets* Canada. Cadets is free and you learn life lessons like discipline.

Rising Sea Levels

by rousegames in Activism, June 21, 2009
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Another reason to consider.

Rising Sea Levels in Shanghai

by jackie gan in Issues, June 13, 2009
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Report on how rising sea levels will affect shanghai.

We All Live in a Haunted Submarine

by Patrick Bernauw in History, May 31, 2009
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In Germany a submarine was called an U-boat, or “Unterseeboot”. At the outbreak of World War One, Germany had 33 of them. With the possibility of rich prizes off the British and Irish coasts and in the Channel, in early 1916 an entire flotilla of 24 U-boats was launched in the North Sea. One of them was the U-65, and from the very beginning there was talk about “jinxes” and “hoodoos”.

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