15 Unbelievable And Unusual Facts About Eyes

Publish Date
Friday, 24 June 2016, 1:56PM

Our eyes are one of the most captivating and complicated parts of the body. We bet you didn’t know many of these facts:

  1. When you look at someone you loved, the pupil of your eye increases by 45%.
  2. All babies are colour blind when they born.
  3. We can see only red, blue and green colour; other colors are the blend of these three.
  4. It is impossible to sneeze with eyes open.
  5. An average blink lasts for about 1/10th of a second.
  6. About 39 million people around the world are blind.
  7. We learn 80% through our eyes.
  8. The eye’s lens is quicker than any camera.
  9. Eyes blink more when we talk.
  10. Newborn babies do not produce tears when they cry until they are six weeks old.
  11. Eyes are composed of about 200 million working parts.
  12. Eyes use 65% of the brainpower more than any other body part.
  13. Only one-sixth of an eyeball is exposed.
  14. We produce fewer tears, as we get older.
  15. Reading in dim light does not harm your eyesight, but it can tire them out.

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