• Wren@lemmy.today
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    22 days ago

    A medal for the most crossings of the Atlantic Ocean by a single vessel was awarded to a group of french pirates in the 1700’s. Of course they weren’t known pirates at the time, but the award led to the Crown’s scrutiny into their operation, which revealed they were smuggling arms to the French resistance in Nova Scotia. But of course they were because they were French.

    Regardless, the findings effectively banished the now-exposed pirates to Canada where they proceeded to support the French, fuck and make babies, ultimately resulting in my birth.