Most Interesting things you probably didn’t know about Eyes
“An eyes that carry 100 stories,
The veil that carries thousands of scars”
- Eye of an average person blinks 12 times per minute
- Eye composed of more than 2 million working parts
- Our human Eye is 576 mega pixel
- In Eyes the Corneas are the only tissues that don’t require blood
- Eye can process 36,000 bits of information every hour,
- The eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 grams.
- It is impossible to sneeze with eyes open
- About 10,000 blinks of Eye per day
Here are 5 things you probably didn’t know about eyes.
The human can see 10 million colors, although there are some gifted. Here are 5 things you probably didn’t know about eyes.
The eyes of animals and humans are organs that act in surprising ways. Some of these capabilities have just been discovered by science and others still amaze us.
The human eye is capable of distinguishing 10 million colors, although 12% of the world’s population can see more. These are women with an eye genetic mutation called tetrachromatism, which causes them to see the world with four different types of eye cells.
Keep reading and find out other peculiarities of the eyes.
1. Blue eyes come from only one ancestor.
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen determined that those born with blue eyes are related to a single ancestor who lived during the Neolithic period, 6,000 to 10,000 years ago. If you have blue eyes or you know someone, you have more in common than just color.
2. Predisposition to alcohol?
According to a study in the American Journal of Medical Genetics, people with blue or light eyes are more likely than those with dark eyes to become dependent on alcohol. You may wonder why, but scientists still can’t answer that question.
3. Every minute we blink 17 times
Humans blink an average of 4,200,000 times a year, 14,000 times every 24 hours. If we take it to a minute, it would be around 17 times. We blink less if we are glued to the mobile, tablet or computer. Now you know why your eyes dry more in front of a screen.
4. Animals with amazing vision
Among the largest eyes in the animal kingdom are those of ostriches, which are bigger than their brains, and those of the giant squid, which are the size of a watermelon. The gecko has vision 350 times more sensitive than that of humans, while owls can see 10 times better than us.
5. Eyes that never close
The eyes of fish, snakes and insects never close, since they do not have eyelids. Dolphins must always keep one eye open while sleeping, as this forces their brain to stay awake in order to breathe.
