"Around the pupils of the eyes are the twenty-six letters of the alphabet."

Total bullshit delivered with conviction in the May 24, 1892 Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

“Fort Worth, Tex.–A freak of nature has come to light in the county jail. His name is Jesse Lee, aged 18 years. Turn the boy’s face so that a string of light may shine into his eyes and a phenomenon is seen. Around the pupils of the eyes, in the iris, are the twenty-six letters of the alphabet, arranged symmetrically. There are letters in each eye, those up to M being in the left eye and the remaining ones in the right. Lee says his father and four brothers are similarly affected.”