Your Constitutional Right to Be a Pirate
A.J. Jacobs takes to the streets of New York City in the garb of an eighteenth-century American. (Courtesy of author)
Congress can grant any American permission to be a pirate. A.J. Jacobs found out what happens when you apply.
A.J. Jacobs has become famous for coming up with great ideas and taking them way too far. While researching his best-selling 2007 book, The Year of Living Biblically, he literally followed every single rule in the Bible, growing a huge beard and avoiding clothes made from two kinds of fibers. For Drop Dead Healthy in 2012, he tested every diet and exerc…
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