EYE SEE...
Our eyes tend to be the most active group of
muscles. The external muscles of the eye are constantly
in motion when you’re looking around or focusing on
objects or distance, and always repositioning when the
head is moving. Within just one hour of reading a book,
the eyes make up to 10,000 coordinating movements.
Each of your eyes has a small blind
spot in the back of the retina
where the optic nerve attaches.You
don’t notice the hole in your vision
because your eyes work together
to fill in each other’s blind spot.
Photo: Petr Novák, Wikipedia
On average, most adults
blink every 5 seconds. Total
that up and it comes to a
whopping 6.5 million times
a year! The muscle that
controls our blinking is the
fastest in the human body.
The eyeball of a human weighs approximately
28 grams, or just about one ounce
= the weight of 4 quarters.
People generally read
25% slower from a
computer screen
compared to paper.
According to a recent
study by New York Eye
and Ear Infirmary, a tie
that is on too tight can
increase the risk of
Glaucoma in men.
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Celebrating 20 years
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Having 20/20 vision isn’t the same thing as
having “perfect” vision. To have 20/20 vision
means to have “average” vision. It means that
you can see at 20 feet what an average person
can see at 20 feet. People who have 20/10
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