Thursday, 6 June 2013

15 Interesting Facts about Human Eyes














Eyes are most precious thing for everyone in this world. We rely heavily on vision to live our everyday lives. Enjoy the following interesting facts* about the human eye:

2.    The average person blinks 12 times per minute - about 10,000 blinks in an average day.
3.    Eyes can process 36,000 bits of information every hour.
4.    Only 1/6th of the eyeball is exposed to the outside world.
5.    Eyelashes have an average life span of 5 months.
6.    Eyes detect light and allow us to see.
7.    The eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 grams
8.    About half of our brain is involved in the seeing process. Humans are very much visual animals.
9.    All babies are color blind when they are born
10. Under the right conditions, the human eye can see the light of a candle at a distance of 14 miles.
11. Glasses and contact lenses are worn to correct common sight conditions such as short and long sightedness.
12. Glasses and other protective equipment are often worn by humans to protect the eyes from UV rays or during various dangerous activities such as welding.
13. Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.
14. The external muscles that move the eyes are the strongest muscles in the human body for the job that they have to do. They are 100 times more powerful than they need to be.
15. Cone cells in the retina detect color while rod cells detect low light contrasts

20/20 Eyeglass Superstore of Melbourne, FL is always glad to share helpful information like these interesting eye facts with you! We’d love to help you in any way we can, so come on by and see us at one of our 2020 Eyeglass locations in central Florida.

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