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. The phrase to turn a blind eye is attributed to an incident in the life of Admiral 
Horatio Nelson. Nelson was blinded in one eye early in his Royal Navy career. 
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Question: In an 1801 sea battle, he put a telescope in his blind eye to avoid seeing the signal to withdraw
Answer: Lord Nelson