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Walking the plank was a method of execution practiced on special occasion by pirates, mutineers, and other rogue seafarers. For the amusement of the perpetrators and the psychological torture of the victims, captives were bound so they could not swim or tread water and forced to walk off a wooden plank or beam extended over the side of a ship.
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Unfortunately, most people using the term today seem to be out of the wheelhouse -- and perhaps even walking the plank. For example, it's worth asking if Legal Sea Foods, ...
From the lede: "Although forcing captives to walk the plank is a motif of pirates in popular culture in the 19th through 21st centuries, few instances are documented, except in the early days of the U.S. Navy where walking the plank was used to execute sailors convicted of serious crimes like mutiny or murder so the frequency of the practice is ...
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There's a new No. 1-ranked player in the transfer portal. Washington State quarterback John Mateer is entering the transfer portal, Cougars coach Jake Dickert confirmed Monday. He's the No. 1 ...