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The story of Moby Dick is based on a real New England whaling ship which was attacked by a whale sinking the ship and leaving several crew members in lifeboats.

Overtime they proceeded to perish with the last lifeboat resorting to cannibalism as fellow boat occupants died until they were finally rescued.

Now here is the kicker. After they had eaten one of their fellow crewmates and gotten back home to considerable judgment, especially since the captain was one of the survivors, it was revealed that in a similar circumstance when a crewmate had died in another stranded situation that the other crew members didn't eat them but rather used pieces of their body for bait to catch fish with which they ate.

Oops.