Eye-mazing Vision Trivia

EYE-MAZING VISION TRIVIA EYE-OPENING FACTS ABOUT YOUR PEEPERS Your lens is about m the size of an M&M If you have ommatophobia, you're afraid of eyes Your eyeball is about the size of a gumball If you have heterochromia, you have two different colored eyes Your eyes CAN get sunburned And it IS possible to go blind from staring directly at the sun Blinks last for 1/10th of a second and happen 12x/minute Newborns don't produce enough tears to shed when crying until they are 4-13 weeks old Your eye muscles are the most active muscles in your body BUSTING MYTHS ABOUT EYE HEALTH MYTH: Vision problems aren't common FACT: 39 million FACT: 6x that number people in the world are blind have vision problems MYTH: MYTH: Vision problems Reading in the dark damages your eyes are unavoidable FACT: 80% of FACT: The strain vision problems are preventable/curable may cause a headache, but not damage MYTH: Sitting MTҮH: close to the TV Glasses and contacts hurts your eyes weaken eyesight FACT: Changes in prescription are tied to aging and disease FACT: It won't cause damage, but could be a sign that you need glasses FACT: Corrective lenses cannot alter your vision PROVIDED BY: YESNICK www.THEYVC.COM SOURCES: https://www.vsp.com/eyes.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/eye-facts_n_4441884.html http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/fact-fiction-myths-about-eyes http://www.health.com/health/gallery/O,,20680760,00.html CENTER