in 1910, black brazilians were drafted into the navy as slaves. they revolted, seized the largest warships, and threatened to destroy rio de janeiro unless they were freed.

they won.

the ceo of a japanese sushi chain put an end to somalian piracy by teaching them to fish for tuna.

(you teach a man to fish...)

many somalian pirates started out as fishermen. they changed vocations when their waters were fished barren and so much trash dumped in the sea off their coast that the fisheries cannot recover.

the world's most successful pirate was a chinese prostitute named chen i sao. at the height of her career she commanded between 40,000 and 80,000 fellow pirates, never lost a battle, and successfully retired.