Interesting Facts About Eyes

Our eyes are very complicated and amazing. They seem pretty simple, but there’s really a lot to know about how they function. You’ve had your peepers since you were born, so you may think you know them pretty well, but here are some fun facts you may not know about eyes:

1.       The average blink lasts for about 1/10th of a second.

2.       While it takes some time for most parts of your body to warm up to their full potential, your eyes are on their “A game” 24/7.

3.       Seeing is such a big part of everyday life that it requires about half of the brain to get involved.

4.       Newborns don’t produce tears. They make crying sounds, but the tears don’t start flowing until they are about 4-13 weeks old.

5.       Around the world, about 39 million people are blind and roughly 6 times that many have some kind of vision impairment.

6.       You blink about 12 times every minute.

7.       Your eyes are about 1 inch across and weigh about 0.25 ounce.

8.       Some people are born with two differently colored eyes. This condition is heterochromia.

9.       Each of your eyes has a small blind spot in the back of the retina where the optic nerve attaches. You don’t notice the hole in your vision because your eyes work together to fill in each other’s blind spot.

10.   80% of vision problems worldwide are avoidable or even curable.

Our eyes are just simple orbs in our head, but the fact is that they’re very complex organs. There are seven main parts in the eye that play a role in transmitting information to the brain, detecting light, and focusing. A problem with any of these parts means a problem with your vision.

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