The Cocos (Keeling) Islands Were Settled By A Hostile Takeover Of A Pimp
Pimpin ain’t easy atoll (Wikimedia Commons) The Cocos (Keeling) (why the parentheses?) Islands is an Australian-owned archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to about 600 people. Its founding myth is much more interesting than that: After the discovery of the islands by Captain Keeling, their first notable visitor was Captain John…