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Belay That 'Yo Ho Ho': The Fictitious Phrase That Ate Pirate History

Turns out actual pirates probably never bellowed 'yo ho ho' while hoisting rum — that honor goes to a Scottish novelist with a flair for the dramatic. We dig into how Robert Louis Stevenson accidentally wrote the entire pirate dictionary, and which 'authentic' sayings are pure Hollywood.