Ever wonder why the pirate wears a patch?
According to the theory of one of my students it is because he needs to keep one eye adjusted to the dark. That way when it gets dark all the pirate has to do is switch the patch over to his other eye and he has one that has already adjusted to the dark.
I ask my student if it wouldn't be just as easy to let both eyes adjust to the dark at the same time. He said that no, it would be better to keep one prepared at all times.
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This was actually on "Mythbusters." They did a segment on this very same myth. They found that prates wore the patches so that if they were in a situation where they had to be in the bowels of the ship (or anywehre else that is relly dark), all they had to do was take the patch off and they already had an eye that was adjusted to the darkness. It would be rather difficult to wear a patch on both eyes all the time, don't ya think? LOL
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