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Christmas candle

Grandma's placemats with a christmas candle show a dirty optical illusion

Source/credit: BigPappa21

There is probably no explanation needed for this case of pareidolia. The Christmas candle and balls on these placemats speak for themselves.

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The shadow of this cameraman on the shirt of the man on the right creates a dirty optical illusion

Foreshadowing

a dirty mind

The monument to Karla Havlíček Borovský, a famous Czech journalist, poet and writer, was naturally enhanced by wasps in 2022.

Naturally enhanced

a dirty mind