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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    sailors would sometimes lose an eye from ropes flicking up

    they would also lose a lower limb from a rope accidently coiling around an ankle

    ships are dangerous, the sails exert strong forces and anchors are very heavy

    the dark adapted vision thing is probably because they used sextants for navigation and that meant looking at the sun