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Steve Vincent, Professor of Optometry and Vision Science, Queensland University of Technology

John Lennon wore contact lenses that kept on pinging out. Then he smoked pot and the rest is history

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When you think of John Lennon from The Beatles, you’re likely to picture him with his circular, wire-rimmed glasses.

But at times, he wore contact lenses, or at least he tried to. They kept pinging out of his eyes.

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