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[*]The average blink lasts for about 1/10th of a second.
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[*]Eyes heal quickly. With proper care, it only takes about 48 hours for the eye to repair a corneal scratch.
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[*]Seeing is such a big part of everyday life that it requires about half of the brain to get involved.
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[*]Newborns don’t produce tears. They make crying sounds, but the tears don’t start flowing until they are about 4-13 weeks old.
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[*]Around the world, about 39 million people are blind and roughly 6 times that many have some kind of vision impairment.
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[*]Doctors have yet to find a way to transplant an eyeball. The optic nerve that connects the eye to the brain is too sensitive to reconstruct successfully.
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[*]The cells in your eye come in different shapes. Rod-shaped cells allow you to see shapes, and cone-shaped cells allow you to see color.
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[*]You blink about 12 times every minute.
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[*]Your eyes are about 1 inch across and weigh about 0.25 ounce.
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[*]Some people are born with two differently colored eyes. This condition is heterochromia.
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[*]Out of all the muscles in your body, the muscles that control your eyes are the most active.
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80% of vision problems worldwide are avoidable or even curable.