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  2. Sanpaku - Wikipedia

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    J. Paul Getty, one of the twelve famous people George Ohsawa claimed were suffering from sanpaku because of visible sclerae under their irises. [1]Sanpaku gan (三白眼; Chinese: 三白眼; pinyin: Sānbáiyǎn) or sanpaku (三白) is a Japanese term meaning "three whites", most often used in English to refer to a folk belief according to which the visibility of the sclera above or under the ...

  3. Eye color - Wikipedia

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    Blue eyes are a highly sexually dimorphic eye color. Studies from various populations in Europe have shown that men are substantially more likely to have blue eyes than women. [18] The inheritance pattern followed by blue eyes was previously assumed to be a Mendelian recessive trait, though this has been

  4. Albinism - Wikipedia

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    The eyes of albino animals appear red because the colour of the red blood cells in the retina can be seen through the iris, which has no pigment to obscure this. Some albino animals may have pale-blue eyes due to other colour generating processes. Albino vertebrates exposed to intense light typically lose photoreceptors due to apoptosis. [28]

  5. If you think you have blue or green eyes, they're ... - AOL

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    By Susana Victoria Perez, Buzz60 If you think you have blue eyes, think again, they are actually tricking you! All eyes are really brown. According to CNN, Dr. Gary Heiting, a licensed optometrist ...

  6. Albinism in humans - Wikipedia

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    Because individuals with albinism have skin that entirely lacks the dark pigment melanin, which helps protect the skin from the sun's ultraviolet radiation, their skin can burn more easily from overexposure. [8] The human eye normally produces enough pigment to color the iris blue, green or brown and lend opacity to the eye.

  7. Friendship dolls - Wikipedia

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    The American dolls arrived in Yokohama time for Hinamatsuri, the annual Japanese doll festival, in March 1927. [4] [6] They were positively received, with one group of dolls receiving an audience with the Emperor of Japan. [4] One source suggests that the dolls popularized a children's song called "The Doll with Blue Eyes". [7]

  8. How rare is a blue-eyed cicada? And why are some ... - AOL

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    Cicadas have blue eyes because they are mutants. The University of Connecticut observed that some periodical cicadas have blue or white eyes, or some may lack red pigmentation in their wing veins.

  9. Japanese female beauty practices and ideals - Wikipedia

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    Distinctive features of Japanese aesthetics have the following qualities: simplicity, elegance, suggestion, and symbolism. [1] Concepts of female beauty originate from its traditional culture which has lasted for more than a century, some of which include long, straight black hair, [2] pale white skin, and slim eyes. [1]