A Few Exciting Facts About Eyes That You Probably Didn't Know (25 pics)
Eyes are something that we uses everyday, and today you're going to learn some interesting facts about your own eyes and eyes in general.
Your eyes can distinguish more than 10 million colors!
People with blue eyes have higher alcohol tolerance
You spend about 10% of your waking hours with your eyes closed. How can that be? You are blinking!
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain
Einstein's eyes are kept in a safe in New York City
Black lemurs are thought to be the only primates, besides humans to have blue eyes
Bees have five eyes
The space between your eyebrows is called the nasion
A giant squid's eye can be as big as a volleyball
Dolphins sleep with one eye open
Cats have three eyelids
Ommatophobia is the fear of eyes
Green eyes are the rarest color eyes. Only 2% of people have green eyes.
If the human eye were a camera, it would have 576 megapixels
All people with blue eyes can trace their genes back to one individual who lived near the Black Sea nearly 10,000 years ago
Researchers have actually used Tetris (yes, the video game) to treat lazy eye
Your eyes can get a sunburn
Blue eyes are typically more sensitive to light
Some lizards have been known to shoot blood out of their eyes to ward off potential predators
Eigengrau is the color you see when your eyes are closed (aka brain gray, or literally translated from German it would be "intrinsic/own gray")
Night vision goggles are green because the human eye can distinguish between more shades of green than any other color
Carrots 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.
Bono wears glasses because he has glaucoma, not just as a fashion statement
Your eyebrows are completely replaced every 2 months
Some women have a genetic mutation that allows them to see millions of more colors/shades (up to 100 million)
