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#TIL that slave ships were trailed by sharks that quickly learned that slaves were so routinely thrown overboard- with many dying from yellow fever.
SO MANY SLAVES were "thrown to the sharks" (also led to origin of that phrase) that it changed sharks' migratory patterns. Some types of sharks still follow the transatlantic slave trade route
@VidyaKrishnan Thank for the post. Wikipedia has an interesting page about the ship and the legend it became. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dutchman
@VidyaKrishnan Never knew this. Interesting and strange facts to learn in the morning. Nice
#TIL Legend of the Flying Dutchmen comes from a yellow fever infected ship that was repeatedly denied port until all on board died. The ship is forced to sail endlessly manned by a ghost crew & can nvr mk port
PS: This wouldn't hv happened if the Dutch were not greedy colonizers