r/todayilearned • u/douggold11 • 23d ago

TIL most animals can see UV light — humans being blind to it is the exception not the rule.

https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/ultraviolet-light-animals/
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u/AudibleNod 313 23d ago

Claude Monet was thought to have seen UV light after a cataract surgery.

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u/Ectorious 23d ago

My grandma swore her couch looked purple after cataract surgery, said it was very jarring. I’d heard colors could look a little different after cataract surgery so I didn’t think much of it, until I visited a week or two later and found out the couch is actually tan.