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Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

Want to impress your friends with a little know fact

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Want to impress your friends with a little know fact

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Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months ago
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    3 months ago

    I have no idea if this is a joke or not

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      Funny, but not true. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brass-monkeyshines/

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        I’d argue it is also not funny.

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      I don’t either please help

      I’m nearly 40 and a Beastie Boys fan so not knowing is killing me

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    Yeah, this ain’t a real thing. Ships encounter waves and nobody is trying to dodge loose cannonballs while dealing with rough seas.

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      I agree that this is not secure enough for normal weather but they might have something this for staging when preparing to fight. I have no idea

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      Philadelphia

      https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-1776-gunboat-philadelphia-ii-replica-american-revolutionary-war-cannon-84022066.html

      Victory

      https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartherbert/312977391

      Constitution

      https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Constitution_Cannonballs.JPG

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        nice ball pics

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        deleted by creator

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    3 months ago

    I drink brass monkey and I rock well

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