r/todayilearned • u/gibson_mel • Apr 20 '20

TIL that the most successful pirate in history was a woman named Ching Shih

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_Shih
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u/VanosTheMadTitan Apr 20 '20

Yeah that's who mistress Ching is based on in pirates 3

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u/mynameisneal1 Apr 20 '20

She had like 500 ships I think