Can you believe the year is almost over?! I apologize if my other blogs this year have
bored you to tears, but as usual the fun facts make the eyes more interesting so let’s
finish the year with some more!
1. Your eyes are about 1 inch across and weigh about 0.25 ounces
2. Brown eyes are blue underneath.
3. A tiger’s night vision is 6 times better than that of a human
4. Pirates wore earrings because they believed that it improved their eyesight
5. Ommetaphobia is fear of the eyes
6. Your eyes focus on 50 different objects every second
7. Your eyes can distinguish approximately 10 million different colors
8. Your eyes can detect a candle flame 1.7 miles away
9. The eye is the fastest contracting muscle in the body...1/100th of a second
10. 80% of all learning comes through the eyes
11. The average person blinks 12 times per minute
12. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
13. The only organ more complex than the eye is the brain
14. Only 1/6th of your eye is visible
15. Ostriches have the largest eyes on land at 2 inches in diameter
16. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the sea, being the size of dinner plates
17. Men are more likely than women to be color blind
18. Newborns can’t produce tears for about 6 weeks
19. Having two eyes helps with depth perception
20. Bald eagles can see 4 to 7 times better than we can
21. Eyes heal faster than other parts of the body
22. Mites can live in your eyelashes
23. Your eyes start to develop 2 weeks after you are conceived
24. People who are blind can see their dreams if they weren’t born blind
25. Peripheral vision is low resolution and black and white
26. More than 1 million nerves connect the eye to the brain
27. Originally all eyes were brown. Blue eyes only came about 6,000 years ago
28. If the lens of your eye was a camera it would be 576 megapixels
29. Your eyes are constantly in motion so objects don’t fade from your vision
30. Dogs can’t distinguish between red and green
Happy Holidays everyone! Come see us for your eye exam in 2022! Until next time...