amazing facts

Every year in the U.S., there are 178,000 new cases of lung cancer.


Every three minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer.


Asthma affects one in fifteen children under the age of eighteen.


Every eleven minutes in the U.S., a woman dies of breast cancer.


Due to eating habits in the USA, one in three children born in the year 2000 have a chance of getting type II diabetes.


The oldest known disease in the world is leprosy.

Eye Facts;
We should never put anything in or near our eyes, unless we have a reason to use eye drops. We would only do that if our doctor or parent told us to use them.


Blinking helps to wash tears over our eyeballs. That keeps them clean and moist. Also, if something is about to hit our eye, we will blink automatically.


Our body has some natural protection for our eyes. Our eyelashes help to keep dirt out of our eyes. Our eyebrows are made to keep sweat from running into our eyes.


Our eyes are very important to us, and we must protect them. We don't want dirt, sand, splinters or even fingers to get in our eyes. We don't want our eyes to get scratched or poked. That could damage our sight!