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Eogard t1_jcg7upt wrote

You are correct, but to be more precise Saint Malo was a Corsair city. So pirates who were armed and approved by the King of France. So pirates used to disrupt foreign expeditions, a form of political pawn. The most famous is probably Surcouf, born in Saint Malo.

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LipTrev t1_jcg516m wrote

Tom Scott makes amazing engaging videos, but he gets so many things half right that I kinda want to call him QI the YouTube guy.

I love QI, and they ask such great questions, and have smart funny people on to talk about them. Might well call them Tom Scott the TV Show, for their likability, and interesting topics, and humor. But man they get so many things wrong. Which, thankfully, they lean into as the show goes on, as Allan Davies often loses points for simply stating as fact something that was stated as fact on previous episodes, and in fact was just wrong.

Tom Scott, on the other hand, justs leaves his misunderstandings out there without comment. I still love his videos, but it is very much buyer beware as to whether he gets things right.

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