Amazing Facts

Your eyes are nearly the same size as the day you were born.

The human eye can see 7,000,000 different colors

The human eye has 2 million working parts.

80% of what we learn is through our eyes.

The human eye can distinguish between 50,000 shades of grey.

Your eyes perceive the outside world as upside down. Your brain flips the image for you.

In the right lighting, the human eye can see the light of a candle from 14 miles away.

Your eyes blink, 4,200,000 per year.

You blink more than you talk.

We are all color blind at birth.

It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open, no matter how wide.

Eyelashes have an average lifespan of 5 months.

If you have blue eyes, you share a common ancestor with every other blue-eyed person in the world.

The eye muscles are the most active muscles in the human body.

It’s possible to blink five times in a single second.

80% of our memories are determined by what we see.

In an average life, your eyes will see 24 million different images

If you have a fear of eyes, you have ommatophobia.