Think you know everything about your eyes? We found some interesting facts that might surprise you!

1. People blink 12 times per minute on average, and more when they’re talking.

2. Brown is the most common eye colour in the world.

3. Around a quarter of the world’s population requires eye glasses frames of some sort.

4. Colour-blindness is more common in men than women.

5. We are all colour-blind when we’re born.

6. A single inventor of glasses has never been recognised, but Benjamin Franklin created bi-focal lenses.

7. The eye muscles are more active than any other muscle in the body.

8. The eye is the most complex organ in the body, after the brain.

9. Just 1/6 of the eyeball is exposed.

10. It isn’t possible to sneeze with your eyes open.

11. It’s a myth that wearing glasses makes you dependent on them.

12. Your pupils expand when you look at someone that you find attractive or love.

13. A baby’s eyes start to develop just two weeks after conception.

14. Our peripheral vision is almost black and white.

15. Your eye lens is much faster than that of a camera.

Knowing your facts doesn’t improve your eyesight though, so if you’re in the mood to shop for your prescription glasses online, check out our stylish selection!


Sources: http://eyecare.lenstore.co.uk/101-amazing-eye-facts
http://www.dorkly.com/post/72178/infographic-50-insane-facts-about-the-human-eye