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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sanguinusshiboleth on 2025-07-26 19:54:06+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that William Brown, the Irish admiral who is called “father of the Argentine Navy”, once spared Giuseppe Garibaldi, the future unifier of Italy, from execution as Brown saw the battle as dishonourable due his marines in acting on personal vendettas on some of the enemy troops.