Pirates would pour rum onto gunpowder then light it.
If the powder lit this was "proof" of a good rum, hense the term proof in alcohol 🍻
Interesting. I saw the other day in a documentary that Blackbeard would actually sprinkle gunpowder into his rum, and drink it in front of people just to further intimidate them. I thought his whole thing of weaving hemp into his beard and lighting it so smoke would billow out from his beard when he went into battle was also pretty cool.
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@d4rk5tar71uk said in Pirate fact:
Pirates would pour rum onto gunpowder then light it.
If the powder lit this was "proof" of a good rum, hense the term proof in alcohol 🍻
have you any proof ?