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TIL that Oliver Reed (actor who played Proximo in the Movie Gladiator) died during filming of a heart attack. He became ill after allegedly drinking 3 bottles of Captain Morgan, 8 German beers, cognac, and numerous shots of whiskey at a pub in Malta. The pub was renamed “Ollie’s last pub.”

by whatilearned June 27, 2022, 6:42 pm

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TIL Pirate Richard Worley was the captain of the New York’s Revenge during the Golden Age of Piracy. After he captured his second ship, he named it the New York Revenge’s Revenge.

by whatilearned June 16, 2022, 10:51 pm

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Why did Captain Kirk’s wife smell?

by cringeyjokesman June 9, 2022, 2:54 pm

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TIL that Captain Smith of the Titanic disaster (15 April 1912) was the Captain of the Olympic when she collided with a warship (20 Sep 1911). Olympic was the sister ship of Titanic and the repairs from the collision, back in Belfast, actually delayed Titanic’s maiden voyage from 20 March to 10 April

by whatilearned June 8, 2022, 12:04 pm

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Pirate Ship Captain: Can someone tell me how to write the number 2 in Roman numerals?

by cringeyjokesman May 30, 2022, 1:59 pm

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A new captain becomes leader of a company of soldiers. As he goes about learning everything on how they do things he finds two soldiers guarding a bench. He asks his sergeants why they’re guarding the bench and they say the previous commander ordered it. “

by cringeyjokesman May 28, 2022, 11:36 pm

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TIL that the DeFeo family (Amityville Horror) was “mobbed up”. Ronald DeFeo Sr. was the nephew of powerful Genovese captain Peter “Philie Aquilino” DeFeo (pictured below) who was one of their top earners in his prime.

by whatilearned May 27, 2022, 5:22 pm

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TIL about the Pirate Tower of Victoria Beach, a stone tower located near Laguna Beach CA. One of its owners, a retired sea captain used to dress up like a pirate and hold scavenger hunts for local children leading to legends that he had hidden his money somewhere in the tower.

by whatilearned May 16, 2022, 10:38 am

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TIL Titanic’s sister ship, the Olympic, was pressed into Navy service as a troop carrier during WW1. In May 1918 Olympic spotted a surfaced German U-boat, went full speed and rammed it causing the U-boat crew to abandon ship. It’s captain was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for the attack.

by whatilearned May 13, 2022, 1:53 pm

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Captain Crunch, Lucky the leprechaun, and the Trix rabbit have been found murdered in recent months.

by cringeyjokesman May 10, 2022, 7:56 pm

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TIL After being left out of a 1954 reboot of their character, Captain America, comic artist Jack Kirby and writer Joe Simon created a near identical superhero, “Fighting American,” to battle communists.

by whatilearned May 2, 2022, 1:55 am

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TIL that Johnny Depp gave 500 warm coats for crew members during filming the 4th PotC film during a bout of cold British weather. Just a couple of weeks after he surprised children at a school by appearing as Captain Jack Sparrow.

by whatilearned May 1, 2022, 1:26 am

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