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    Blue Eyes Facts

    Michael Bryan

    Written by Michael Bryan

    Modified & Updated: 11 Oct 2024

    Jessica Corbett

    Reviewed by Jessica Corbett

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    Having blue eyes is quite very rare, and possessing them provides you advantages and disadvantages at the same time. Most people indeed find blue-eyed people very attractive since their eyes make their gaze more piercing and mysterious. However, it is not always good news for blue-eyed people because they can also be sensitive to things normal people are not. Here is our list of blue eyes facts that you probably haven’t heard of.

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    1. 01Blue-eyed people are prone to be alcoholics.
    2. 02They have a higher risk of skin cancer.
    3. 03They are more sensitive to lights.
    4. 04Blue-eyed people easily get chronic diseases, such as diabetes.
    5. 05They don’t have a quick reaction time.
    1. 01They come from a common ancestry.
    2. 02Blue-eyed kids are reserved.
    3. 03Some babies born with blue eyes have a chance to change eye color through maturity.
    4. 04Eight percent of the human population has blue eyes.
    5. 05Most of the blue-eyed population is from nations near the Baltic Sea in northern Europe.
    6. 06The mutation to get blue eyes is rare.
    7. 07You need to have blue-eyed parents to get the same eye color.
    8. 08Blue eyes are rare, but green and grey eyes are the rarest.
    9. 09This eye color is common in Scandinavia.
    10. 10Those with blue eyes have less melanin.
    1. 01The blue coloring of the eyes is because the iris has a colorless stroma.
    2. 02People with blue eyes can see better in the dark.
    3. 03Mutation is responsible for why we have blue-eyed people.
    4. 04Oculolation albinism II is the gene that produces a melanosomal transmembrane protein that leads to having blue eyes.
    5. 05People would base from a baby’s eye color to determine if their partner cheated.
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