In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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There's a woman named Veronica Seider who had vision 20x better than average. She could identify people more than a mile (1.6km) away.
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Those things you see in your eyes when you stare into space are called Mouches Voltanes, which are also broadly referenced to as Floaters.
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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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There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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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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When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.
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