Eyes are mysterious, and these crazy facts about the human eyes will blow your mind.
Eyes are one of the most important and complex organs in the human
body. Because of those eyes, we can see and experience the magical beauty of the world. Here, we have arranged some fascinating facts about the human eyes that you probably didn’t know.
Red, blue, and green are the only three colours our eyes can see. The other colours are nothing but the combination of these three colours.
While our nose and ears grow throughout our lifetime, our eyes stay the same size.
The weight of an average eyeball is around 28-29 grams. And only 1/6th of an eyeball is visible.
The eye is the fastest and most active muscle in the human body. Now you can understand the true significance of the phrase “in the blink of an eye.”
Can you imagine how many times we blink in a year? It’s 4,200,000 times on average.
Our eyes blink a lot more when we are talking.
Babies (until 6 years old) don’t produce any tears while crying. Also, our ability to produce tears decreases with age.
There are 107 million light-sensitive cells in an individual eye.
Blind people can also see dreams unless they were born blind.
Our eyes actually work like a camera. It captures light onto the retina and then sends the data back to the brain. The brain operates our vision. The human eyes are of 576 megapixels in camera terms.
An eyelash has an average lifespan of 5 months.
In the human body, the cornea is the only tissue where there are no vessels.
Brown is the most common eye colour in the world. Of the world’s total population, more than 55% of people have brown eyes.
Human eyes are made up of around 200 million working parts. Huge, isn’t it?
There’s a condition named heterochromia in which people have two different eye colours.
At every second, the human eyes can focus on 50 separate objects.
The cornea is the most important part of the eye. Damage to the cornea is the most common reason behind vision problems.
Humans’ cornea and sharks’ cornea are very similar in nature.
We blink less when we stare at a computer or mobile screen for a long time. The eye muscles can’t relax, and this makes our eyes tired.
Human eyes are incredibly amazing. So, don’t take your eyes for granted and do take care of them.
