Interesting facts about the Human eye

Did you know that the eye itself is not what gives you the sense of sight, but it communicates to the brain by sending the optic nerve, Similarly, did you know that only 1/6th of our eye can see outside?

Following are some surprising facts about the eye:

1- The eye is the most complex part of the human body after the brain.

2- The eye can distinguish more or less 10 million (1 crore) colors.

3-It is impossible to sneeze with an open eye.

4- About 80% of what we learn is through the eyes, i.e. through the sense of sight.

5- Our eye can detect the flame of a moon lamp placed 1.7 miles away.

5- Heterochromia is a condition in which the same person has two different colored eyes.

6- Only 1/6 of our eyeball we see from outside.

7- Our eye consists of rods and cones cells.

Rhodes help us see shapes while cones help us detect colors.

8- A human blinks a total of 12 times in a minute.

9- The cornea of the shark is similar to the cornea of the human eye and has also been used in human surgery.

10- Our eye contains the fastest-twitch muscle in our body and can contract in less than 100th of a second.

11- There are more than 1 million optic nerves that act as communication between the eye and the brain.

12- Ommatophobia is a phobia in which a person is afraid of his own eye.