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chilo_W_r t1_j1bmc2z wrote

Also bass and keyboard player for Led Zeppelin. He’s an impressive man

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coldequation t1_j1brlpd wrote

Now he's kicking up storms in the Black Sea, he is

Kicking up storms in the Black Sea.

Fightin' the Turks for the Russian Queen,

'Cause she pays him much more than the Yankee!

John Paul Jones is a pirate

No loyalty does he possess

Keep it up, we'll catch the pirate,

And sink him along with the rest.

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JuzoItami t1_j1brpr8 wrote

And then, while he was in Russia, he was accused of raping a 10 year old girl. He defended himself by saying the girl was actually 12; that she was a prostitute; that he'd previously paid her for sex on multiple occasions; and that the whole thing was a shakedown. This attempt at "damage control" didn't go over well and his career with the Russian Navy was over almost before it began.

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Mypasswordis7 t1_j1khihd wrote

I think he was the only person to cross the ocean over three centuries. The third one being in a coffin to be reburied in the US

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