15 facts about the eyes that will amaze you

The eyes are one of the most expressive and attractive parts of the human body. The mirror of the soul and the object of admiration, the eyes have been sung in lyrical works since ancient times. But what do you know about eyes? Is it possible to cry in space and who considered strabismus attractive? Why does a blue-eyed white cat not respond to your "kitty-kitty"? These interesting facts about the eyes, vision and related phenomena will be equally interesting to readers of all ages.

Brown eyes are actually blue under a brown pigment. There is even a laser procedure that allows you to turn brown eyes into blue forever.

Every 12th male representative is colorblind.

Your eyes will always remain the same size as at birth, and your ears and nose will not stop growing.

The human eye is able to perceive only three sections of the spectrum: red, blue and green. The other colors are a combination of these colors.

The cornea of human eyes is so similar to the cornea of a shark that the latter is used as a substitute for eye surgery.

On average, we see about 24 million different images over our entire life.

The eyes transmit a huge amount of information to the brain every hour. The bandwidth of this channel is comparable to the channels of Internet providers in a large city.

Our eyes focus on about 50 things per second.

The Maya considered strabismus attractive and tried to make their children cross-eyed.

Schizophrenia can be detected with an accuracy of 98.3% using a conventional eye movement test.

Humans and dogs are the only ones who look for visual cues in the eyes of others, and dogs do this only by communicating with people.

Approximately 2% of women have a rare genetic mutation, due to which they have an additional retinal cone. This allows them to see 100 million colors.

Astronauts can't cry in space because of gravity. Tears gather in small balls and begin to sting your eyes.

Bees have hairs in their eyes. They help to determine the wind direction and flight speed.

About 65-85% of white cats with blue eyes are deaf.