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If you can spot the sea captain's sword in just seven seconds, it means that you have sharp eyes, just like a pirate - so what are you waiting for? Give it a go

Michael Golodok, a warehouse loader from Siberia, Russia, spent months paddling down the Amazon River, starting at the in the eastern Peruvian city of Pucallpa

Despite being wholly outgunned in the Amazon, the brave ex-marines defeated the pirates, managed to make a dash to land for safety and get the brutes arrested

John Bathgate and Ian 'Yan' Roberts were aiming to be the first to travel from the highest source of the Amazon to the Atlantic coast when they were attacked by pirates

People are being challenged to complete a tricky brainteaser, and people are urged to think outside the box for this one - but if you can complete it, you're seriously brainy

Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, was found in 1996 after centuries underwater surrounded by coal despite sinking in 1719 - more than 100 years before it was used on ships

The attack, which is thought to have happened in 2012, saw the American guards fire several warning shots at the Somali pirates who attempted to hijack the large cargo vessel

Pirates boarded and hijacked an oil tanker six days ago in the Gulf of Guinea, south of Nigeria, since then British and French navies have helped the company try and track down the missing ship

The terrified sailors on board the Danish-owned Monjasa Reformer ship, which was transiting through the dreaded Gulf of Guinea, rushed into a safe room to hide from the pirates