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Originally Posted by vivaldirules
Yes, perfectly. I now understand why Captain Whatshisname kept yelling to Mr. Christian to batten down the hatches. Does this mean that baseball was invented by the crew of HMS Bounty? So many questions, so little time.
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No, baseball was invented by Sir Walter Raleigh as a method in which to help spread the use of chewing tobacco. (Very few Bic lighters in those days which made smoking the stuff difficult.) The crew of the HMS Bounty discovered Easter. They even named an island after it.
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