You don’t necessarily need to go to a special museum, art gallery or hall of mirrors to experience some mind-bending optical illusions, take a look around you, they happen all the time in everyday life!
Compiled into a list by Bored Panda, what we have here are serendipitous moments of chance, creating weird and wonderful illusions that are sure to make you look twice and think, what the hell?
From people seemingly floating on air to things that appear to be on fire, this list will put your brain’s powers of observation and logic to the test. Scroll down below to check it out for yourself, and don’t forget to vote for your favorites!
#1 View Of My Parents’ Backyard This Morning
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#2 This Huge Concert Crowd Is Actually A Cotton Picker At Night
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#3 Frost Of The Roof Of My Car This Morning Looks A Bit Like A View Of The Earth From Space
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#4 Pic Of Two Plump Pigeons Perched On The Ledge But Ended Up Getting A Picture Of Two Massive Pigeons Looking For Their Car
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#5 My Dogs Appear To Have Merged This Morning
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#6 The Snow Slowly Melting On The Front Porch Looks Like An Ice Tornado
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#7 Long Dog With A Section Missing
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#8 These Espresso Martinis Look Like Bar Stools
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#9 When The Sun Is Directly Overhead In Hawaii, It Looks Like A Bad Video Game Render
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#10 Mirage Of Coffee Shop Window Makes It Look Like This Car Sells Pies Out Of The Boot
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#11 This Photo From Inside A Tent Looks Like Photoshop
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#12 For The Past 10 Minutes I’ve Been Trying To Explain To My Sister-In-Law That It Looks Like Her Legs Are Over Her Husbands Shoulders… She Doesn’t See It
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#13 This Tree Looks Like Straight Up Broccoli
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#14 I Took A Picture Of A Monkey And The Glare Made It Look Like It Was Taking A Wicked Selfie
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#15 The Reflection Of The Lamp Gives My Glasses Eyeballs
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#16 The Way The Sunlight Hits These Leaves And Makes Them Look Like They’re On Fire
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#17 Found This Bike The Other Day And It Confused Me About Our Reality. Is It Broken Or Not Broken?
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#18 They Look Like Tiny Men Training In The Pool
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#19 Caught The Reflection Of The Light In The Window, Looks Like It’s Floating In The Sky!
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#20 Sunset Reflection Looks Like Demonic Uprising
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#21 When My Buddy’s Dog Leaps Over Grates Her Body And Legs Disappear And It Looks Like A Dog’s Head Is Just Floating Down The Street
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#22 My New Profile Pic, Compliments Of Hurricane Sandy
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#23 This Hurts My Brain…
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#24 Example Of A Mirage Known As Fata Morgana. It’s Believed That This Optical Illusion Is What Give Birth To The Myth Of The Flying Dutchman
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#25 Can You Imagine Walking Into Your Bedroom Only To Find That A Black Hole Had Appeared In The Middle Of Your Bed
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#26 My Sister Looks Like A Female Centaur
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#27 My Fiance Took This Pic That Makes The Cat Look Like He’s Made Out Of A Head And Just One Massive Arm
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#28 This Picture Makes It Look Like I’m Holding A Decapitated Camel Head
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#29 This Pattern Makes It Look Like The Floor Suddenly Drops Off
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#30 Lightning Struck Right When This Guy Went To Take A Picture Of A Storm, Causing This Neat Illusion
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#31 Perfectly Aligned Kite
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#32 Our Two Cats Look Like They Were Cross-Stitched Onto The Carrier
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#33 Amazing Icelandic River Almost Looks Like An Optical Illusion
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#34 Accidental Optical Illusion: Cruise Ship At Coal Harbor
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#35 When I Take Pictures Of My Blind Dog W/ The Flash On It Looks Like There Is Fire In Her Eyes
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#36 The Shadows Of These Windows Make An Optical Illusion
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#37 A Picture I Took At The Airport A Few Days Ago, It Looks Really Scifi-Ish, Like A Battlestar Galactica Spaceport Or Something
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#38 My Friend Had A Bug On His Windshield That Made Him Look Like A Godzilla Monster
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#39 Due To The Lighting, Angle And Mirrored Glass, This Building Looks Nearly Invisible
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#40 Ships That Seem To Float In The Air
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#41 I Took A Picture Of This Puddle In Geysir National Park In Iceland, And It Looks Like An Aerial View Of A Beach
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#42 This Piece Of Lint On My Window Sill Looks Like A Gun Wielding Soldier Wading Through Water
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#43 Corgi Jumps From Plane
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#44 This Hotel’s Carpet And Lighting Combo Produce A Really Trippy Effect
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#45 That Looks Like It Should Hurt
#46 This Man On A Carousel Looks Like He Has Pig Legs
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#47 A Pallet Burned In Such A Way That It Looks Like Different Birds Sitting Next To Each Other And Enjoying The Fire
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#48 This Photo I Took Of A Goose Makes It Look Like A 40ft Tall Dinosaur
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#49 The Reflection Of The Light On My Coffee Looks Like A Glowing Castle
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#50 These Are Stacked Metal Pipes
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#51 Making Cookies And The Reflection Looks Like A Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie
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#52 This Fallen Post Looks Like A Discarded Cigarette
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#53 Former UK Prime Minister David Cameron Hovering
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#54 From A Distance, These Wheelbarrows Look Like 2 Amish Men Sitting Next To Each Other
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#55 Are These Legs Shiny And Oily Or Are They Legs With White Paint On Them
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#56 This Photo Of Me Standing Behind A Grill Looks Like I’m On Fire
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#57 This Car Door Looks Like An UFO Above The Forest
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#58 It Took Me About 20 Seconds Of Trying To Figure Out What Was Happening
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#59 My Laptop’s Number Pad Has The Black Dot Illusion
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#60 Unintended Optical Illusion At Work Made Me Think My Ruler Was Bent
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#61 This Watusi Bull Looks Transparent Through It’s Spots
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#62 Patterns On The Floor Of The Florence Cathedral
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#63 Perspective
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#64 This Fungus Looks Like Fire
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#65 Due To The Chair Leg And This Guy’s Posture, It Looks Like He’s Wearing High Heels
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#66 My Dog’s Flopped-Over Ear Looks Like The Face Of A Baboon
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#67 Tried To Take A Photo Of A Grasshopper On My Windshield, But It Looks Like Its Giant And Destroying The Town
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#68 This Sliced Ham Looks Like It’s Out Of Focus
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#69 Plants In Background Makes It Look Like He Has A Kick Ass Mohawk
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#70 The Way My Phone Is Placed In This Cupholder Makes It Look Transparent
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#71 This Dying Leaf Looks Like It’s Pixelating
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#72 The Reflection Of The Lights In The Room Behind Me Make It Look Like The Sky Has A Trap Door
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#73 The Optical Illusion Of This Photograph Makes It Look Like There Is A Micro-Human Next To My Mate
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#74 This Building Looks Like A Movie Prop
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#75 Mom Thought I Was Smoking A Joint
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#76 I Balanced A Coin On A Ring, The Coin Looks See Through
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#77 This Frozen Trail Looks Like A River
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#78 My Friends Dog Is An Optical Illusion
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#79 Dam Overflow Drain Looks Like An Optical Illusion
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#80 Delivery Truck Looks Like Giants Are Peeping Over The Fence
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#81 The Way I Took This Picture Makes My Friend Look Like She’s Floating
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#82 Did My Friend Piss His Pants? Nope, It’s Just The Reflection Of The Chairs In The Room
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#83 The Algae On This Moat Looks Like Green Concrete
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#84 This Rock Is Actually In The Water
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#85 For A Second I Thought There Is A Tiny Iphone On The Table Next To Me
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#86 Was Walking In Melbourne And Found A Almost Invisible Building
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#87 I Took A Picture In Color But It Seems That It’s In Black And White
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#88 It Almost Looks Like They’re Holding Up A Photograph
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#89 I Managed To Photograph One Of Thailand’s Mysterious Floating Islands
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#90 Someone In My Office Designed This Tiling Not Knowing It Would Create This Illusion When Laid
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#91 This Looks Dangerous At First Glance
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#92 The Lids On These Tubs Of Popcorn Make It Look As If The Contents Are Spinning Really Fast
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#93 Floating Man
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#94 Ordinary Room Lighting Creates A Cube Optical Illusion
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#95 I Took A Photo Of A Bird On A Tree Branch Through A Telescope And It Created The Illusion Of A Giant Moon Backdrop
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#96 This Picture Makes It Look Like My Dad And Daughter Are Disappearing Into The Void
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#97 The Angle Of This Photo Makes The Bottom Step An Illusion
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#98 Hex Wrench Illusion
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#99 This Rice Field
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#100 So I Managed To Capture This Optical Illusion
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#101 This Building Looks Like It Had A Rendering Error
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#102 This Mushroom On My Pizza Looks Like An Eye
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#103 This Cloud Looks Like A UFO
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#104 The View From My Plane Looks Like I Left The Atmosphere
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#105 Walked Into The Kitchen To Find My Cousin In Her True Form
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#106 Catching An Illusion Like This Is Priceless
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#107 The Reflection Of My Finger Looks Like Teeth
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#108 Walking Under Water
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#109 This Puddle Reflecting The Sun Looks Like A Portal To Space
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#110 These Lights On The Ground That Look Like The Start To A Video Game Quest
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#111 Engage Hover Mode
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#112 The Hotel Across The Street Looks Like A Bunch Of Lan Ports
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#113 A Lake In Tanzania
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#114 This Woman Seems As If She’s A Giant Lounging In The Ocean On A Large Mountain
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#115 A Hallway After Too Much Vodka
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#116 At First Glance, I Thought This Woman Was Horribly Deformed
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#117 This Building Looks Like It’s Just A Facade
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#118 Two Headed Goat
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#119 The Opening In This Wall Looks Like A Piece Of Art Hanging On It
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#120 No Legs On This Cameraman?
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#121 This Tree Looks Like A Graphics Glitch
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#122 This Chrome Tissue Holder Creates An Optical Illusion
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#123 My Wife’s Dress Makes It Look Like I Have Hoofs
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#124 From This Angle, These Houses In Bourges, France Look Like They Have No Volume
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#125 Foot Print In Sand Forms An Optical Illusion
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#126 This Root Looks Like A Small Monkey
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#127 Buildings Within Buildings
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#128 My Friends Cuddling Dog Looks Like A Giant Furry Face
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#129 This Flattened Piece Of Green Onion Looks Like A 3D Box
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#130 Camouflage
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#131 A Giant At The Muscle Beach
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#132 Dat Ass… Wait A Second!
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#133 This Plug Makes An Optical Illusion On My Phone Charger
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#134 This Tree Looks Like It’s Upside Down
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#135 I Saw A Great Illusion This Morning. It Looked Like The Moon But Was Just The Rising Sun Highlighting A Water Tank
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#136 This Opened ATM Creates An Optical Illusion
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#137 This Post From Eric Andre Doesn’t Look Like One Picture
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#138 This Optical Illusion Building In Singapore
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#139 Take A Seat…
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#140 The Way The Snow Melted In My University’s Courtyard Makes The Floor Look Like A Video Game
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#141 The Carpet Of This Hotel Had 3D Looking Flowers Printed On It
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#142 The Six Deer On My Lawn Create Time Lapse Illusion
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#143 This Guy’s Headphones And Ear Ring Made A Cool Optical Illusion
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#144 The Way My Brother’s And My Arms Appear Fused Together
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#145 This Cardboard Box And The Drain In Front Of It Together Make It Look Like It’s Floating
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#146 This Floor Looks Like It’s Glitching Out
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#147 This Bay Wall Looks Like A Guitar Neck
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#148 The Grain On My Plank Of Cedar Creates An Optical Illusion
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#149 My School’s Bathroom Tile Does The Black Dot Illusion
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#150 These Are In Fact The Same Length
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#151 This Tree Is An Optical Illusion
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#152 My Buddy’s Hoody Looks Like My Other Buddy’s Shoulder, Thus Creating An Illusion Of Depth
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#153 These Two Toilet Paper Rolls Make An Optical Illusion
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#154 This Apartment Complex Has The Grey Dot Illusion
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#155 I Made A Silicone And Plaster Mold Of My Face, The Inside Makes An Optical Illusion
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#156 This Parking Deck Looks Like It Has Poor Anti-Aliasing
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#157 Just Me And My Cat Chillin
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#158 Fork And Knife Gave Me A Cool Illusion
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#159 This Vent In My House Has The Black Dot Illusion
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#160 Stickers All Gone Chase The Dots. Accidental Optical Illusion
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#161 Optical Illusion – 1 Or 2 Dogs
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#162 This Wall In My Bathroom Creates The Gray Dot Illusion
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#163 The Grate In My Bathroom Makes The Gray Dot Illusion
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#164 50% Ppl See This Pic Full Of Pointy Spike, 50% Saw A Bubble Surface
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#165 Check Out The Balloons
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