I never knew that!

Aktungbby · 02-27-17, 10:54 AM

No, it is not true that the eyeballs are fully grown at birth. The eyes undergo considerable growth especially during the first two years of life, with a second growth spurt occurring around puberty. The length of the eye of a newborn is about 16.5 mm, while that of a full grown adult is about 24 mm.
According to the Chicago College of Medicine, eyes do continue to grow after birth. A newborn's eyes are about 75 percent the size they are going to be when fully grown well as growing larger. The optic nerve and internal eye structures are not fully formed at birth. Newborns do not respond much to visual stimulation, but they are able to track moving objects with their eyes within two months. In addition, a baby's ability to see clearly keeps increasing with age. At birth, a baby's eyesight is about 20/400, but it develops to 20/20 by 2 years.
The only human body part that does not grow after birth is the ossicular chain, which is composed of three small bones and is located in the middle ear. These bones are also the smallest lightest bones in the human body. Each bone is smaller than a grain of rice.

Mr Quatro · 02-27-17, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

The butterflies you get in your stomach when you see someone you like is actually a stress response caused by adrenaline.

What is that feeling when you meet someone you owe money to?

Adrenaline, right?

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

We have all seen the babies with big eyes and I was led to believe that the reason is due to that the eye's are already 90% of the size that they are going to be and that of course leads me to believe that human eye's grow very little from birth to adult hood.

However our resident researcher has decided that we are wrong ... do we need a second opinion?

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

No, it is not true that the eyeballs are fully grown at birth. The eyes undergo considerable growth especially during the first two years of life, with a second growth spurt occurring around puberty. The length of the eye of a newborn is about 16.5 mm, while that of a full grown adult is about 24 mm.
According to the Chicago College of Medicine, eyes do continue to grow after birth. A newborn's eyes are about 75 percent the size they are going to be when fully grown well as growing larger. The optic nerve and internal eye structures are not fully formed at birth. Newborns do not respond much to visual stimulation, but they are able to track moving objects with their eyes within two months. In addition, a baby's ability to see clearly keeps increasing with age. At birth, a baby's eyesight is about 20/400, but it develops to 20/20 by 2 years.
The only human body part that does not grow after birth is the ossicular chain, which is composed of three small bones and is located in the middle ear. These bones are also the smallest lightest bones in the human body. Each bone is smaller than a grain of rice.

Aktungbby · 02-27-17, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

However our resident researcher has decided that we are wrong ... do we need a second opinion?

NO! NO! considering my multiple personalities it's a third opinion and besides: I don't take Jimbuna's factual assertions at 'face' value...in this thread!

Jimbuna · 02-28-17, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

However our resident researcher has decided that we are wrong ... do we need a second opinion?

Spectemur agendo

Jimbuna · 02-28-17, 06:27 AM

Russia didn’t consider beer to be alcohol until 2011. It was previously classified as a soft drink.

Platapus · 02-28-17, 04:53 PM

How many fingers in a hand?

Well, it could be between 10 and 20.... if you are looking at bananas.

A bunch of bananas still on the plant are called a Hand and there can be between 10 and 20 bananas per hand and yes, they are called fingers.

Catfish · 02-28-17, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

How many fingers in a hand?
Well, it could be between 10 and 20.... if you are looking at bananas. [...]
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Depends on blood alcohol?

okok i did not know this

Platapus · 02-28-17, 07:23 PM

India is the worlds largest producer of Bananas by far. India produces more than 10,000,000 tonnes of bananas MORE than the number two country which is Brazil. India produces almost 20 million tonnes of bananas per year.

Although Bananas are only grown sparingly in the Continental United States, Washington State has a Banana Museum.

Jimbuna · 03-01-17, 07:39 AM

To have your photo taken with the first ever camera, you would have to sit still for 8 hours.

Platapus · 03-01-17, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

To have your photo taken with the first ever camera, you would have to sit still for 8 hours.

Just ask this guy

Man getting a shoeshine was the first person successfully photographed.

1838 by Louis Daguerre

In a little over two years after this photograph was taken, the first nude photographs were being made.

Surprised it took that long.

Sailor Steve · 03-01-17, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

To have your photo taken with the first ever camera, you would have to sit still for 8 hours.

Not even close. The first Daguerreotypes took between 60 and 90 seconds to expose. Still a long time, but hardly eight hours.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/16677/daguerreotype-qa

fireftr18 · 03-01-17, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Russia didn’t consider beer to be alcohol until 2011. It was previously classified as a soft drink.

Their beer must be like American mass produced beer.

Rockstar · 03-01-17, 10:56 PM

The Larson Ice shelf is expected to collapse before 2020.

Kaptlt.Endrass · 03-02-17, 12:14 AM

Dreamt (A past participle) and its various forms (undreamt, redreamt) are the only words in the English language to end in -mt.

02-27-17, 10:54 AM	#1
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,042 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	No, it is not true that the eyeballs are fully grown at birth. The eyes undergo considerable growth especially during the first two years of life, with a second growth spurt occurring around puberty. The length of the eye of a newborn is about 16.5 mm, while that of a full grown adult is about 24 mm. According to the Chicago College of Medicine, eyes do continue to grow after birth. A newborn's eyes are about 75 percent the size they are going to be when fully grown well as growing larger. The optic nerve and internal eye structures are not fully formed at birth. Newborns do not respond much to visual stimulation, but they are able to track moving objects with their eyes within two months. In addition, a baby's ability to see clearly keeps increasing with age. At birth, a baby's eyesight is about 20/400, but it develops to 20/20 by 2 years. The only human body part that does not grow after birth is the ossicular chain, which is composed of three small bones and is located in the middle ear. These bones are also the smallest lightest bones in the human body. Each bone is smaller than a grain of rice. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

02-28-17, 06:27 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,742 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Russia didn’t consider beer to be alcohol until 2011. It was previously classified as a soft drink. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-28-17, 04:53 PM	#6
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,384 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	How many fingers in a hand? Well, it could be between 10 and 20.... if you are looking at bananas. A bunch of bananas still on the plant are called a Hand and there can be between 10 and 20 bananas per hand and yes, they are called fingers. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-28-17, 07:23 PM	#8
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,384 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	India is the worlds largest producer of Bananas by far. India produces more than 10,000,000 tonnes of bananas MORE than the number two country which is Brazil. India produces almost 20 million tonnes of bananas per year. Although Bananas are only grown sparingly in the Continental United States, Washington State has a Banana Museum. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

03-01-17, 07:39 AM	#9
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,742 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	To have your photo taken with the first ever camera, you would have to sit still for 8 hours. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-01-17, 10:56 PM	#13
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The Larson Ice shelf is expected to collapse before 2020.

03-02-17, 12:14 AM	#14
Kaptlt.Endrass Sonar Guy Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: No Longer On A Big Grey Floaty Thing Posts: 395 Downloads: 116 Uploads: 0	Dreamt (A past participle) and its various forms (undreamt, redreamt) are the only words in the English language to end in -mt. __________________ "That flag and I are twins, born in the same hour from the same womb of destiny. We cannot be parted in life or in death; so long as we float, we shall float together." As much as I dislike it sometimes, I'm a tin can sailor, through and through.