All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye's lens. People who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.
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Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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The colossal squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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Only about 2% of the world population has green eyes.
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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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