Why are human eyes incredibly sensitive to nearly every stimuli but our eyelids can glide over them with no irritation?

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Why are human eyes incredibly sensitive to nearly every stimuli but our eyelids can glide over them with no irritation?

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Most of it has to do with the oil produced by our meibomian glands located at the edge of each lid. The average human has between 60-80 of these little glands, and they’re actually what keep the eye lubricated, not tears.

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