FUN FACT: FINGER SNAP IS FASTER THAN THE BLINK OF AN EYE

What’s quicker than the blink of an eye? If you do it in a snap. According to new research, a finger snap is the fastest movement in the human body. Scientists at Georgia Tech reveal it takes just seven milliseconds to snap your fingers — more than 20 times quicker than the blink of an eye. Why would scientists even study this? The authors say the findings could lead to better prosthetic hands, and more human-like robots.
* Faster than the gag reflex when hearing the opening notes of a Justin Bieber song?
* I love how they say “Scientists at Georgia Tech” when you know it’s just some freshman science fair project he thought of when he was stoned.
* I guess they started studying the speed of eye blinks, and something just clicked.
* What about a hummingbird blinking?
* Just be careful when you snap your fingers that half of everybody alive doesn’t turn into ash and float away.