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why did pirates wear eye patches you
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might think it's just a fashion
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statement or to cover a battle wound but
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there's actually a very practical reason
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for it Pirates often had to move from
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the bright sunlight on Deck to the dimly
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lit below decks this quick change in
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lighting could be disorienting
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especially for the eye adjusted to
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Bright Light Savvy Pirates had a
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solution they would wear an eye patch
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over one eye while on Deck this allowed
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one eye to stay adjusted to the dark so
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when they went below they could switch
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the patch and see immediately in the dim
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light clever right it's all about having
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an advantage in any situation next time
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you see an eye patch think about the
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Ingenuity of seafarers adapting to their
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environment would you adopt such a
