15 Unusual Facts About the History of Eyeglasses

15 Unusual Facts About the History of Eyeglasses

Eyeglasses sit on millions of noses every single day, correcting vision and finishing off outfits. Most people don’t think twice about them. But the story of how these frames ended up perched on our faces involves monks, Chinese judges, Arctic survival gear, and even a founding father sawing his lenses in half. The journey from blurry existence to crystal-clear vision took centuries of trial, error, and some genuinely strange inventions along th…