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World● Low5d ago · Nov 2, 2026, 9:55 AM

How the namesake of Jones Beach helped the 'King of the Pirates' get away with history's biggest heist

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An amateur historian says he’s found evidence that the namesake of New York's popular Jones Beach played a key role in an infamous pirate heist in the Red Sea centuries ago

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