![Snow goggles: the first sunglasses were used 2,000 years ago by Inuit hunters. : r/Damnthatsinteresting Snow goggles: the first sunglasses were used 2,000 years ago by Inuit hunters. : r/Damnthatsinteresting](https://external-preview.redd.it/XzOttG4uEUNa5-rbGUENxl5WQ3pHz62RbKMf6OqRnc4.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1a5b9903004b4bb11e3071149147857b9c3a8fd1)
Snow goggles: the first sunglasses were used 2,000 years ago by Inuit hunters. : r/Damnthatsinteresting
![Thousands of years ago, Inuit and Yupik people of the Arctic carved narrow slits into ivory, antler and wood to create snow goggles. This diminished exposure to direct and reflected ultraviolet rays Thousands of years ago, Inuit and Yupik people of the Arctic carved narrow slits into ivory, antler and wood to create snow goggles. This diminished exposure to direct and reflected ultraviolet rays](https://preview.redd.it/o3zrfoba2t281.jpg?auto=webp&s=3929684845c7e93235c8aa5f3197cc8848043d6d)
Thousands of years ago, Inuit and Yupik people of the Arctic carved narrow slits into ivory, antler and wood to create snow goggles. This diminished exposure to direct and reflected ultraviolet rays
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