- If the human eye was a digital camera, it would have 576 megapixels.
- The only organ more complex than the eye is the brain.
- About half of the human brain is dedicated to vision and seeing.
- Your eyes focus on 50 different objects every second.
- Your eyes can distinguish approximately 10 million different colours.
- It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
- Ommatophobia is a fear of the eyes.
- 80 percent of all learning comes through the eyes.
- Your iris has 256 unique characteristics; your fingerprint has just 40.
- Heterochromia is the medical term for having two different coloured eyes.
- Your eyes are comprised of rods and cones. Rods allow you to see shapes, while cones are responsible for detecting and deciphering colours.
- The average person blinks 12 times a minute.
- You are likely to blink more often when you are talking.
- When you read or stare at a computer, you blink less often resulting in tired eyes.
- People generally read 25% slower on screen than on paper
- The shark cornea is nearly identical to the human cornea, and has even been used in human eye surgery!
- Your eye is the fastest contracting muscle in the body, contracting in less than 1/100th of a second.
- During an eye test, health conditions including diabetes and high blood pressure can be detected.
- Although our nose and ears keep growing throughout our lives, our eyes remain the same size from birth.
- Blind people can see their dreams as long as they weren’t born blind.
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