{"id":35763,"date":"2014-09-19T00:05:52","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T07:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=35763"},"modified":"2014-09-19T02:52:38","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T09:52:38","slug":"port-starboard-indicate-left-right-side-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/port-starboard-indicate-left-right-side-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Port and Starboard Indicate the Left and Right Side of a Ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><div class=\"highlighter\">Happy &#8220;Talk Like a Pirate&#8221; day! Besides learning about port and starboard in the video below, you can also learn the origin and meaning of things like &#8220;Avast,&#8221; &#8220;Arrrr,&#8221; &#8220;Scuttlebutt,&#8221; and many more in our video, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vgdBdmi_e0U\" target=\"_blank\">The Origin and Meaning of 9 Pirate Words and Expressions<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SAjcJDoz9wM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you liked this video, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\">be sure and subscribe to our YouTube channel here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some other pirate facts you might be interested in impressing your friends with today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/06\/the-female-prostitute-that-rose-to-become-one-of-the-most-powerful-pirates-in-history-and-whose-armada-took-on-the-chinese-british-and-portuguese-navies-and-won\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Female Prostitute That Rose to Become One of the Most Powerful Pirates in History and Whose Armada Took on the Chinese, British, and Portuguese Navies\u2026 and Won<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2013\/08\/pirates-rarely-made-people-walk-the-plank\/\" target=\"_blank\">Did Pirates Really Make People Walk the Plank?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/01\/julius-caesar-was-once-kidnapped-by-pirates-who-demanded-a-ransom-of-20-talents-of-silver-caesar-insisted-they-ask-for-50\/\" target=\"_blank\">Julius Caesar was Once Kidnapped by Pirates Who Demanded a Ransom of 20 Talents of Silver, Caesar Insisted They Ask for 50<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/02\/what-grog-was-originally-made-from\/\" target=\"_blank\">What Grog was Originally Made From<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2014\/08\/parrots-peg-legs-plunder-debunking-pirate-myths\/\" target=\"_blank\">Parrots, Peg-legs, Plunder \u2013 Debunking Pirate Myths<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy &#8220;Talk Like a Pirate&#8221; day! Besides learning about port and starboard in the video below, you can also learn the origin and meaning of things like &#8220;Avast,&#8221; &#8220;Arrrr,&#8221; &#8220;Scuttlebutt,&#8221; and many more in our video, The Origin and Meaning of 9 Pirate Words and Expressions. If you liked this video, be sure and subscribe to our YouTube channel here. 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