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2. Eyepatch - Wikipedia

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   Medical texts have referred to the eye patch as a "pirate's patch" and, writing in the Minnesota Academy of Sciences Journal in 1934, Charles Sheard of the Mayo foundation pointed out that by "wearing a patch (The pirate's patch) over one eye, it will keep the covered eye in a state of readiness and adaptation for night vision". [20]

3. German Chancellor Scholz tweets picture of himself with black ...

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   German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday tweeted a pirate-style picture of himself with a black eye patch and dark-red bruises on the right side of his face — the result of a jogging accident on ...

4. Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalhami - Wikipedia

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   Rahmah ibn Jabir ibn Adhbi al-Jalhami (Arabic: رحمة بن جابر بن عذبي الجلهمي; c. 1760–1826) was an Arab ruler in the Persian Gulf region and was described by his contemporary, the English traveler and author, James Silk Buckingham, as "the most successful and the most generally tolerated pirate, perhaps, that ever infested any sea."

5. Ron Hamilton (musician) - Wikipedia

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   Ron Hamilton became affectionately known as "Patch the Pirate" when he began wearing an eye patch after losing his left eye to cancer in 1978. He published hundreds of songs and hymns and wrote numerous cantatas , plays, and children's stories.

6. Kelly Clarkson explains why she's sporting an eye patch - AOL

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   "I'm sorry I look like a pirate," she said when guest Common joined her. "I hurt my eye and I have to wear it. And, so, it's ridiculous.

7. George Wrangell - Wikipedia

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   Oglivy, inspired by a photo of Ambassador Lewis Douglas, [2] [7] by serendipitous chance saw a pirate costume eyepatch in a store on the way to the first shoot, and elected to have Wrangell wear it for the ad. [8] [9] (Wrangell himself had full vision in both eyes.)

8. Jay Leno shares health update after being seen wearing an eye ...

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   Jay Leno took a fall that left him wearing an eye patch. The former talk show host revealed in an interview with TMZ Monday (November 18) that he fell down a hill while walking from his hotel to a ...

9. Talk:Eyepatch - Wikipedia

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   2) What about all the other people wearing eye patches in the same era? The primary reason to wear an eye patch was to cover the loss of an eye, because it was so disfiguring (and often oozing!). Many people who never went to sea wore eye patches, and I am unaware of any reason they might do so to have the use of a dark adapted eye.