User 'chariot pulled by cassowaries' posted about the amazing exploits of William Dampier, a pirate who gave us words like barbecue and chopsticks.

https://www.metafilter.com/201620/The-Pirate-Who-Penned-the-First-English-Language-Guacamole-Recipe

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The Pirate Who Stole Scotland: William Dampier and the Creation of the United Kingdom

He was a pirate, a brute and a devious sociopath. But he was also a scientist and a talented writer who gave his readers accurate descriptions of previously unknown places, peoples, plants and animals. He was a daring explorer and an expert navigator who mapped coastlines and logged wind patterns and ocean currents.
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Today I learned about William Dampier. He was a British pirate who was also a scientist. He was cited by Darwin for his observations. He also created the English term "chopstick." I want to celebrate that marketing coup because chopstick is a perfect name. I would have called them "thingy grabbies."

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