Yesterday if you overheard people on the subway blurt out “shiver me timbers” or saw a few more people donning pirate hats than usual it wasn’t because there’s a new Pirates of the Caribbean movie out and you completely missed the memo. It’s because it was International Talk Like a Pirate Day—a day when everyone in the world can join together in brotherhood and, well, talk like pirates.

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Though most people may pass off the day as a fun excuse to sneer, drink rum, and terrorize parrots, few people realize that it’s actually a religious holiday—ITLaPD is observed by Pastafarians, who believe that pirates are divine beings. Pastafarian is basically a peaceful religion whose adherents keep to themselves, although it did have a run-in with the Kansas School Board a few years back…