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Fun Facts About the Eyes December 2021

Ivan J. Srut, OD • December 29, 2021
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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...


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