09/24/2025
👁️ Fun Eye Facts
⏱️ Did you know that the average blink takes 1/3 of a second?
🧠 Seeing is so important that it takes up more than 50% of the brain’s functionality.
👶 Newborns don’t shed tears 😢, though they do know how to cry.
👀 You blink 15–20 times in a minute.
💪 The most active muscles in your body are in your eyes.
🌞 Your eyes can get sunburned.
🍷👓 Blue-eyed people are more tolerant of alcohol and less tolerant of the sun.
📸 If the human eye were a digital camera, it would have 576 megapixels.
😴 We spend about 10% of our awake time with our eyes closed.
🪶 An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain 🧠.
🦎 Chameleons can move their eyes in two directions at once.
🦪 A single scallop can have over 100 eyes 👁️👁️👁️.
🔦 Your eyes contain about 107 million light-sensitive cells.
🐬 Dolphins can sleep with one eye open.
🐦🐱🐶 Birds, cats, and dogs have three eyelids.
🤧 Yes, you can sneeze with your eyes open — and no, they won’t fall out!
😳 Ommatophobia is the fear of eyes.
🌿 Humans can see more shades of green than any other color.
🤎 The most common eye color in the world is brown.
🐕 Dogs cannot distinguish between red and green.
🕰️ The average eyelash lasts 5 months; other body hair lasts 2–4 years.
⚙️ The eye has over 2 million moving parts.
🌈 Your eyes contain 7 million cones for color & detail 🎨 and 100 million rods to help you see in the dark 🌌.
