You probably never realized how complex your eyeball is. It’s incredibly complex. It’s almost like a little wonder of mechanical engineering. It seems so simple though, doesn’t it? It’s just a little ball. How complicated can it be? Well, think about it. The vast majority of information you process about the world is visual. And those two balls in your head are responsible for processing and transmitting that vast quantity of information to your brain. Everything you look at involves so much information exchange that it would make your head spin if you could actually wrap your brain around it. Which is why today, we’re going to learn some quirky, fun facts about the eye.
For one thing, did you know that carrots don’t actually improve your eyesight? At least not anymore than any other vegetable. The fact that carrots are good for your eyes was propagated by the British during World War II because they didn’t want the Germans to find out that their pilots were using radar to shoot down their planes (radar was new back then). To hide their advantage they came up with a cover story – their pilots had really good eyesight because they ate lots of carrots. And since that day people have believed it. We’re not even joking. These are 25 eye catching facts about the eye and its incredible complexity!
Your eyes can distinguish more than 10 million colors!
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipediaPeople with blue eyes have higher alcohol tolerance
Source: dailymail.co.uk, Image: wikipediaYou spend about 10% of your waking hours with your eyes closed. How can that be? You are blinking!
Source: hunffingtonpost, Image: wikipediaAn ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipediaEinstein's eyes are kept in a safe in New York City
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipediaBlack lemurs are thought to be the only primates, besides humans to have blue eyes
Source: nationalgeographic, Image: wikipediaBees have five eyes
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipediaThe space between your eyebrows is called the nasion
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipediaA giant squid's eye can be as big as a volleyball
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipediaDolphins sleep with one eye open
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipediaCats have three eyelids
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipediaWant even more facts about your eyes? Check out these 25 Crazy Facts About Your Eyes.
Ommatophobia is the fear of eyes
Source: wikipedia, Image: pixabayGreen eyes are the rarest color eyes. Only 2% of people have green eyes.
Source: wikipedia, Image: pixabayIf the human eye were a camera, it would have 576 megapixels
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipediaAll people with blue eyes can trace their genes back to one individual who lived near the Black Sea nearly 10,000 years ago
Source: wikipediaResearchers have actually used Tetris (yes, the video game) to treat lazy eye
Source: bbc, Image: wikipediaYour eyes can get a sunburn
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipediaBlue eyes are typically more sensitive to light
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipediaSome lizards have been known to shoot blood out of their eyes to ward off potential predators
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipediaEigengrau is the color you see when your eyes are closed (aka brain gray, or literally translated from German it would be "intrinsic/own gray")
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipediaNight vision goggles are green because the human eye can distinguish between more shades of green than any other color
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipediaCarrots don't actually improve your eyesight (at least not any more than any other vegetable). This was a lie propagated by the British during World War II because they didn't want the Germans to find out that British pilots were using radar. Instead, they released a public announcement claiming that the reason for their pilot's incredible accuracy was the high number of carrots that they consumed. It was silly, but people believed it.
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipediaBono wears glasses because he has glaucoma, not just as a fashion statement
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipediaYour eyebrows are completely replaced every 2 months
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipediaSome women have a genetic mutation that allows them to see millions of more colors/shades (up to 100 million)
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