20 fascinating facts about the eye

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20  FASCINATING  EYE  FACTS  

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Seeing  is  such  a  big  part  of  everyday  life    it  requires  about  half  of  your  brain  to  do  it!  

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While  it  takes  some  Ime  for  most  body  parts  to  warm  up  to  their  full  potenIal,  your  eyes  are  on  their  “A  game”  24/7  

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The  average  blink  lasts  for  about  1/10th  of  a  second  and  the  human  eye  blinks  about  4,200,000  Imes  a  year  

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Eyes  heal  quickly.  With  proper  care,  it  only  takes  about  48  hours  for  the  eye  to  repair  a  corneal  scratch  

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Out  of  all  the  muscles  in  your  body,  the  muscles  that  control  your  eyes  are  the  most  acIve  

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Each  eye  has  a  small  blind  spot  in  the  back  of  the  reIna.  You  don’t  see  a  hole  in  your  vision  because  your  eyes  work  

together  to  fill  in  the  blind  spot  

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Newborns  don’t  produce  tears.  They  make  crying  sounds,  but  tears  don’t  fall  unIl  they  are  about  4-­‐13  weeks  old  

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 An  esImated  285  million  people  worldwide  have  vision  impairment  and  80%  of  these  can  be  avoided  or  cured  

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Even  if  no  one  in  the  past  few  generaIons  of  your  family  had  blue  or  green  eyes,  they  can  sIll  appear  in  later  generaIons  

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The  eye  of  a  human  can  disInguish  500  shades  of  grey  

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People  generally  read  25%  slower  from  a  computer  screen  compared  to  paper  

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Research  has  indicated  that  a  Ie  that  is  on  too  Ight    can  increase  the  risk  of  glaucoma  in  men  

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Sailors  once  thought  that  wearing  a  gold  earring    would  improve  their  eyesight  

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The  number  one  cause  of  blindness  in  adults  is  diabetes  

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Blinking  helps  to  wash  tears  over  our  eyeballs  and  keeps  them  clean  and  moist.  Also,  if  something  is  about  to  hit  

our  eye,  we  will  blink  automaIcally  

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Men  are  able  to  read  fine  print  be\er  than  women  can  

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All  babies  are  colour  blind  when  they  are  born  

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The  reason  why  your  nose  gets  runny  when  you  are  crying  is  because  the  tears  from  the  eyes  drain  into  the  nose  

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The  most  common  injury  caused  by  cosmeIcs  is  to  the  eye  by  a  mascara  wand  

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The  cornea  is  the  only  living  Issue  in  the  human  body  that  does  not  contain  any  blood  vessels  

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