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Your eyes move about 100,000 times a day

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If the rest of your body worked this hard, you would actually look good in a swimsuit. Your extraocular muscles are the most active muscles in your body, constantly twitching and adjusting to keep objects in focus as you aggressively scroll through social media. To give your legs the same workout, you would have to walk about fifty miles a day.

Your eyes move about 100,000 times a day
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