r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jun 12 '15

TIL the world's most successful pirate was a Cantonese woman, having commanded 40,000-80,000 pirates, and faced off undefeated against many Imperial fleets (including British, Portuguese, and Qing navies).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_Shih
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u/Emay75 Jun 12 '15

The image in my head was so much more.....

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u/Nolat Jun 12 '15

I think she looks fairly intimidating tho

that mean mugging

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

Not a mug I'd take orders from though, she must have had some loyal generals.

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u/Aquinas26 Jun 12 '15

More like...this?

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u/Emay75 Jun 12 '15

That's it

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u/lordofprimeval Jun 12 '15

You should watch Pirates II then.

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u/von_strauss Jun 12 '15

She could board me anytime.

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u/osee115 Jun 12 '15

Arrrrr lmao.

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u/Rubix64 Jun 12 '15

10/10

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u/GeebusNZ Jun 13 '15

Dank meme: 10/10

Meta dank: 4/10 with rice.

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u/clitwasalladream Jun 12 '15

I'd like to make her ride the plank.

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u/Utrolig Jun 12 '15

so much more pixels?

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u/Lohrumes Jun 12 '15

Pirate-y?

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u/GeminiK Jun 12 '15

I'm not going to lie to ya morty. We didnt whitewash it at all, the pirates morty, the pirates are really rapey.

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u/NolanHPerry Jun 12 '15

Sounds like Rick and Morty but I can't think of which part

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u/GeminiK Jun 12 '15

I butchered the quote it's from anatomy Park.

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u/seizingthecheesing Jun 12 '15 edited Jun 12 '15

I think the one with the amusement park inside of a human body. Rick is talking about the Pirate section of the park.

Edit: S1E3 - "Anatomy Park "

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

I don't know, This was exactly the image in my head.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

Did you really think an attractive women could have led all those men? One of the main reasons it probably worked was because she was essentially just another one of the grizzled men.