CORNEAS ARE THE ONLY
TISSUE THAT DON'T REQUIRE BLOOD.
THE AVERAGE PERSON BLINKS 12 TIMES
PER MINUTE-ABOUT 10,000 BLINKS A DAY.
STARFISH HAVE AN EYE
AT THE END OF EACH LEG.
YOUR EYE HAS THE MOST
MUSCLES IN THE HUMAN BODY.
11 OUT OF EVERY 1,000 PEOPLE IN THE U.S. ARE BORN WITH
DIFFERENT COLORED EYES. A CONDITION CALLED HETEROCHROMIA.
YOUR EYES WILL BRING YOU
24 MILLION IMAGES IN YOUR LIFE.
THE AREA BETWEEN YOUR EYEBROW
IS CALLED THE GLABELLA.
ONLY 1/6 OF YOUR WHOLE EYEBALL IS VISIBLE.
EACH OF YOUR EYELASHES
WILL LAST APPROXIMATELY FIVE MONTHS.
BEE HAVE FIVE EYES
YOU CANNOT SNEEZE WITH YOUR EYES OPEN.
GOLDFISH CANNOT CLOSE THEIR EYES
AS THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY EYELIDS.
A FALCON CAN SEE 20 TIMES BETTER THAN A HUMAN.
IN THE US EVERY 14 MINUTES SOMEONE LOSES,
BREAKS OR SITS ON A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES.
SINGER ELTON JOHN IS RUMORED TO HAVE A
SUN GLASS COLLECTION THAT IS 1,000 STRONG.
EDWIN H. LAND INVENTED
POLOROID SUNGLASS LENSES IN 1936.
ALBERT EINSTEIN'S EYES REMAIN IN A SAFE BOX IN NYC.
SOME OF THE SMALLEST BLOOD VESSELS IN YOUR BODY CAN BE SEEN JUST BY LOOKING INTO YOUR EYES? THAT IS WHY IS SO IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE WITH DIABETES, A DISEASE THAT AFFECTS YOUR BLOOD VESSELS, HAVE AN OCULAR EXAMINATION EACH YEAR.
YOUR EYES CAN GET SUNBURNED.
PROTECT THEM FROM HARMFUL UV RAYS BY WEARING SUNGLASSES.
THE EYE'S LENS IS QUICKER THAN A CAMERA.
DIABETES IS OFTEN DETECTED DURING AN EYE EXAM.
GLAUCOMA IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF BLINDNESS.
AN OCTOPUS SEES THE SAME
THING UPSIDE DOWN AS RIGHT SIDE UP.
DID YOU KNOW YOUR EYE HAS THE FASTEST MUSCLE IN YOUR BODY?
THE PUPIL DILATES 45% WHEN LOOKING AT SOMETHING PLEASANT?
SEEING IS SO IMPORTANT IT TAKES UP AROUND 50% OF THE BRAIN FUNCTIONALITY
80% OF ALL LEARNING COMES THROUGH OUR EYES
THE BOX JELLYFISH HAS 24 EYES