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31 fun eye-related facts for children
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Each eye weighs ¼ When you blink, you One in every 12 The retina is about Your eye is always Certain patterns
ounce, measures shut your eyes for males is color blind. the size of a postage making tiny, jittery confuse your eyes
less than 1 inch 0.3 seconds. That’s Color blind does stamp. It has movements. Each and brain, causing
in diameter, and a total of 30 minutes not mean you see 130 million light- time your eye you to misjudge the
is shaped like a each day! in black and white, sensitive cells. moves, it receives size of a circle or the
slightly flattened but that you have new information. length of a line.
ball. trouble telling the This continuous
difference between supply of new
certain colors. information helps
you see images.

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People sometimes Light-sensitive Around the world, Many animals have Your dog’s or cat’s Can you look in Scorpions have as
have red eyes cells in the retina an adult goes blind good night vision. eyes glow in the opposite directions many as 12 eyes,
in photographs, include rods and every five seconds For example, on a dark because of at the same time? A and some flatworms
especially those cones. Rods let and a child goes moonlit night, an tapetum, silver chameleon can. have more than 100
taken with a flash, us see shape and blind every minute. owl can see a mouse “mirrors” in the back eyes scattered all
due to the light that movement. Cones moving more than of its eyes. This over their bodies.
reflects off the blood combine the three 150 feet away. gives them superior
vessels of the retina. main colors—red, night vision.
blue, and green—to
let us see thousands
of colors.

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Hawks’ and eagles’ Tropical fish and When using a In “lazy eye” Smoking increases Your body protects Blinking helps you
eyes are specialized many bright-colored computer, adjust the (amblyopia), both the risk of some eye your eyes. Bony lubricate your eyes.
to let them see animals have more lighting and sit at eyes don’t work diseases such as sockets guard You blink every two
almost eight times color vision cells least 20 inches away well together. These age-related macular against impact; to 10 seconds. Be
better than humans. than do humans. from the screen vision problems can degeneration and eyebrows provide sure to blink while
They can see colors in order to reduce often be corrected if cataracts. shade; eyelids and you read or work on
humans cannot. glare. detected early. eyelashes keep the computer.
things out of eyes;
and tear ducts
moisten eyes.

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Choose The most effective More than half of Myth: Reading in Myth: Using a Myth: You can wear Myth: NEVER sit too
polycarbonate sunglasses provide all people in the dim light is harmful computer, or video your eyes out. close to the TV.
lenses for eyewear at least 98 percent United States use to your eyes. display terminal Fact: Eyes do not Fact: There is no
and sun wear. They protection from both some type of lens to (VDT), is harmful to
Fact: Although wear out. You can scientific evidence
are strong, durable, UVA and UVB rays. correct their vision. the eyes.
reading in dim light use them as much that sitting too close
and impact resistant.
makes your eyes Fact: Using a VDT as you want. to the TV is bad for
feel tired, it is not may strain or tire your eyes.
harmful. your eyes, but it is
not harmful.

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Myth: If you need Myth: There is no Myth: If you eat car- Myth: Benjamin
glasses, your eyes need to check your rots, you will have Franklin invented
are not healthy. eyes until you are in good eyesight. bifocals.
your 40s and 50s.
Fact: Wearing Fact: The vitamin A Fact: The English
eyeglasses has Fact: Eye disease in carrots helps eyes optician Samuel SEE ALL YOU CAN SEE
nothing to do with can happen any function well, but it Pierce invented bifo- visit: http://isee.nei.nih.gov
eye health, but with time. is just one impor- cals around 1775.
normal changes in tant factor for good
parts of your eyes. eyesight.

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