Kids thinks eating crips makes their tears taste salty
From salty tasting tears because they’ve eaten ready salted crisps, choosing their own eye colour when they are older, to disappearing when they blink - kids really do say the funniest things when it comes to their eyes, according to new research from Boots Opticians.
The research revealed:
• Kids wish their eyes had superpowers - 62% wish they could see through walls, 30% wish they could see through people and 34% want to be able to see what’s behind them
• Over a third (36%) think the whole world goes dark when they close their eyes - 10% even think they disappear
• 16% believe blinking turns the lights off and a further 7% are convinced time stands still
• 1 in 10 think their parents chose their eye colour - 5% think it’s a decision they can make once they are old enough
• 25% think the black dot in the middle of the eye is an empty hole or a small camera
• 10% said their tears taste salty because they’re made from sea water - 15% said it was because they had eaten a packet of ready salted crisps
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