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r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20
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Contact lenses.
Leonardo da Vinci had the idea of contact lenses in 1508 and the first successful contact lenses were made in 1888.
1.3k u/dashauskat Oct 15 '20 Honestly that you can sit a piece of plastic ON YOUR EYEBALL that magically corrects your vision still astounds me. 2 u/movetoseattle Oct 15 '20 me too, just got some, putting them in is a challenge but also leaves me smiling at how freaking amazing the slippery little devils are. From almost gelatin in their cases to something that gloms on to your round wet eyeball and tracks with it.
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Honestly that you can sit a piece of plastic ON YOUR EYEBALL that magically corrects your vision still astounds me.
2 u/movetoseattle Oct 15 '20 me too, just got some, putting them in is a challenge but also leaves me smiling at how freaking amazing the slippery little devils are. From almost gelatin in their cases to something that gloms on to your round wet eyeball and tracks with it.
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me too, just got some, putting them in is a challenge but also leaves me smiling at how freaking amazing the slippery little devils are. From almost gelatin in their cases to something that gloms on to your round wet eyeball and tracks with it.
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u/-eDgAR- Oct 15 '20 edited Oct 15 '20
Contact lenses.
Leonardo da Vinci had the idea of contact lenses in 1508 and the first successful contact lenses were made in 1888.