One Last Stitch to Make Sure That He's Dead
(Image: Bridgeman Art Library)Before ships had refrigerated morgues, it was common to bury the dead at sea. A sailor's body and weights would be sewed up inside a hammock. His mates would finish the task by sewing the la...
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