{"id":1363,"date":"2015-03-19T11:53:21","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T06:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lenspick.com\/blog\/?p=1363"},"modified":"2017-02-23T16:09:05","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T10:39:05","slug":"interesting-facts-about-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lenspick.com\/blog\/interesting-facts-about-glasses\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Top 10 Interesting Facts about Glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"

The awesome thing about facts and trivia is that no matter what you\u2019re talking about, you\u2019re sure to find some really cool stuff about it. It could be something as complex as a sports car, or as simple as eyeglasses. Over the years, mankind has developed ingenious ways to make up for our inability to do something properly, in this case see properly, so it actually is very interesting to know a little bit of what led to you wearing those comfortable eyeglasses right now. We give you, 10 awesome facts about glasses that you (probably) didn\u2019t know!<\/p>\n

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10 Awesome\u00a0Facts about Eyeglasses<\/h2>\n
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  1. The first vision correction device was invented in 1000AD, and called a reading stone. As you can imagine, it was for farsighted folk who couldn\u2019t read properly, and was basically a glass sphere used as a magnifying glass. Makes you really thankful for the thin and manageable lenses we have now, doesn\u2019t it?\"Eye<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. The first sunglasses, however, date back to 12th<\/sup> century China, where flat crystals of smoky quartz were mounted for personal use to reduce the glare from the sun. It is also said that these \u2018sunglasses<\/a>\u2019 were used by judges while presiding cases, so as not to give away their emotions. This is the earliest record of sunglasses using \u2018lenses\u2019. Using materials to see through clearly during daylight or otherwise dates back even further\"first<\/li>\n
  3. Now here\u2019s something really interesting, we see contact lenses as an evolution of regular glasses, don\u2019t we? In reality, the first prescription \u2018lenses\u2019 were actually similar to contact lenses! Records from 13th<\/sup> century Italy show that glass lenses were used to correct vision, but instead of mounting them in front of the eyes, they were placed directly into the eyes!\u00a0\"first<\/li>\n
  4. You might remember Benjamin Franklin as one of two things, either as a founding father of the United States of America, or the guy who performed the lightning rod experiment. What many people don\u2019t know, however, is that Benjamin Franklin was also the inventor of bifocals. He was both myopic and hypermetropic, so he developed these special lenses to help him see better. Talk about multi-talented!\"First<\/li>\n
  5. It may sound trivial, but the term \u2018glasses\u2019 doesn\u2019t really make much sense now. The name originated from the fact that most corrective lenses were actually made of glass. But nowadays, glass is becoming increasingly rare as a lens material because of how fragile it is. Most eyeglasses today are made from some variety of plastic.\"Plastic<\/li>\n
  6. Contrary to popular belief, wearing someone else\u2019s glasses won\u2019t damage your eyes. Even if you wear your friend\u2019s glasses, which has a different prescription than yours for a couple of weeks, your eyes won\u2019t suddenly \u2018change\u2019. This doesn\u2019t hold true for children though, doing the same in kids under the age of 8 increases the risk of amblyopia, more commonly known as \u2018lazy eye\u2019.\"Eyeglasses<\/li>\n
  7. According to studies and research all around the world, roughly 25% of the total population require eyeglasses<\/a> or corrective lenses in some form. So 1\/4th<\/sup> of the world isn\u2019t able to see perfectly without some form of vision correction, that\u2019s a huge number!\"reading-glasses\"<\/li>\n
  8. Even though as we mentioned above that the first prescription lenses were similar to contact lenses, they didn\u2019t find mainstream use until much later. The first modern corneal contact lenses were made in 1949, and didn\u2019t become well known until the 70\u2019s.<\/li>\n
  9. We all know that earlier \u2018medical\u2019 remedies were sometimes ridiculous and sometimes completely out of the world, but did you know that it was believed that wearing gold earrings would improve your vision? Of all the things in the world, apparently it was earrings that helped people see better!\"eyeglasses\"<\/li>\n
  10. Another misconception people have is that wearing eyeglasses can make you \u2018dependent\u2019 on them. They couldn\u2019t be more wrong. The \u2018dependence\u2019 people speak of is simply you getting used to wearing your glasses and seeing clearly. We all want to see the world clearly, don\u2019t we? That doesn\u2019t mean that you\u2019re getting dependent on them and won\u2019t be able to function without them at all.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We hope you enjoyed reading the top 10 facts about glasses, stay tuned for more articles!<\/p>\n

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