Some interesting facts about eyes

Here are some interesting facts about one of the most important organs.

Did you know that:

The eye neither grows nor shrinks in size during life;
A person blinks his eyes an average of 12 times per minute;
Can differentiate millions of colors;
Contains more than 100 million cells and all are sensitive to light;
It is the fastest muscle in the body;
The most common eye color in the world is brown;
Fear of eyes is called ometaphobia;
One out of every 8 people has color blindness;
The brain processes more than 80% of information from sight;
There are no pain nerves in the eye, therefore, a person can have a serious disease, although he does not feel discomfort - eye pathology is often learned when the condition has already progressed deeply;
In case of light damage, the eye heals easily, for example, the condition is already improved in 48 hours.

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