SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 18, 20261 hr 1 min
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When the Mary Celeste was discovered floating and abandoned in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean one day in 1872, the legend of the ghost ship was born. Why did the Mary Celeste’s crew disappear? Was it pirates? Mutiny? UFOs? Well, probably not that last one. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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the hat trick, the trio, the triage. Tri-fecta. French. There you go.

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Is that Latin? I don't know. know it as a gambling term. Well whatever it is it's stuff you should know. Hey Happy New Year. Happy New Year to you too buddy. Happy New Year Jerry.

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