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September 20, 2006:

Where did the iconography of Caribbean piracy originate?

Skeletons with cutlasses in their teeth. Black hats, eyepatches. A parrot on one shoulder. The skull and crossbones flag.

"Yo-ho, yo-ho! A pirate's life for me..."

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