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There once was a ship that put to sea The name of the ship was the Billy of Tea The winds blew up, her bow dipped down Oh blow, my bully boys, blow (huh) Soon may the Wellerman come To bring us sugar and tea and rum One day, when the tonguing is done We’ll take our leave and go She’d not been two we

by CopyPastaArchive September 7, 2022, 7:13 am

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TIL about cross sea waves – square waves, also known as square seas. They are formed when the winds of two weather systems – one old and one new – meet. The result looks like a quilt-like pattern of squares on the surface of the sea. Cross seas usually occur along coastal areas and are rare.

by whatilearned September 6, 2022, 10:22 am

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Chinese scientists retrieve ancient ships from depths of South China Sea

by HistoryBuff September 6, 2022, 7:30 am

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A ship goes down at sea

by cringeyjokesman September 6, 2022, 12:24 am

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TIL: There is an inland “sea” in California that is made 100% from Colorado River water.

by whatilearned September 5, 2022, 7:24 pm

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Why does Sally Wear Sea Shells?

by cringeyjokesman August 29, 2022, 5:47 pm

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A sailor reported for duty on a ship set to spend months at sea.

by cringeyjokesman August 28, 2022, 2:33 pm

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AITA (495 year old Deep Sea Scaleless Dragonfish) for being indifferent to the suffering of the shallow dwellers?

by CopyPastaArchive August 28, 2022, 5:08 am

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TIL that the Romans had no words for the color blue – besides for them the sea was not blue, but glaucous – and that it was associated with a barbaric color and without symbolic value, on the contrary of the red (at least for the Etruscans, then for the Romans) which symbolized the color of power.

by whatilearned August 24, 2022, 8:09 am

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TIL that the famous and often adapted 1932 novel “The Mutiny on the Bounty” is actually one book of ‘The Bounty Trilogy,’ 1933’s ‘Men Against the Sea’ shows Bligh and others sailing for safety and 1934’s ‘Pitcairn’s Island’ is the story of the Mutineers’ life in the South Pacific.

by whatilearned August 23, 2022, 1:35 pm

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TIL that Fort Castillo de San Marcos is a fort constructed out of cannonball-eating coquina stone (sea shell rock).

by whatilearned August 22, 2022, 3:03 pm

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what is the difference between a seal and a sea lion?

by cringeyjokesman August 21, 2022, 3:40 pm

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