7.8.2023
Sight is the most important of our senses. We have been taught about its functioning since elementary school. But they probably didn’t tell you that. Did you know, for example:
- You can blink up to 5 times in 1 second? Go ahead and try it.
- The eyes are filled with a jelly-like substance.
- Your eyes can get sunburned just like your skin.
- Your eyes don’t need rest to function at 100% whenever you need them.
- If the human around here was a camera, it would have 576 megapixels.
- Eyes contain the only cells in our body that survive from birth to death.
- Almost half of the brain is devoted to making us see.
- There are some people who have a fear of eyes – it’s called ommetaphobia.
- On average, we read 25% slower on a screen than on paper.
- A fingerprint has 40 unique characteristics, whereas an iris has 256.
- Scientists don’t know why we cry when we’re sad.
- Blue-eyed people have a higher tolerance for alcohol but a lower tolerance for sunlight.
- We spend 10% of our waking hours with our eyes closed.
- Of all the colors, we can identify the most shades of green.
