stackyFACTSThe hardest working muscles in your entire body are the tiny, hyperactive strings controlling your eyeballs. To keep your visual field perfectly sharp, the extraocular muscles are constantly executing rapid micro-movements called saccades. They are the only reason you can smoothly read this text without getting intensely dizzy.
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