Glad you all liked it, interesting stuff eh? <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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My favorite part though is that according to legend:
* Blackbeard had 14 wives.
* He shot the kneecaps off his own lieutenants to remind his crew who was in charge.
* He locked himself and crew in a cabin filled with burning sulphur - a “pirates hell†- till the crew cried for mercy, and he proved he was tougher than they were.
* He lit slow-burning cannon wicks hanging under his hat to shroud his face in smoke and terrorize his victims (or hide his identity).
* He never killed a victim. (They were so afraid, they always gave up without a fight.)
* He withstood over 30 gunshot and sword wounds before dying on the deck of the Ranger.
* His decapitated body swam 3 times around the Ranger before it sank.
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