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Facts, science and history of optical illusions.
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Prehistoric ambiguous illusion

The history of optical illusions in art

Rainbows are illusions

Types of Optical Illusions

Locomotives in their natural habitat

Pareidolia (Seeing faces)

Screw hole

Source/credit: esberat

This is not a screw hole in wood, but a giant sinkhole in Konya, Turkey.
The region has hundreds of sinkholes due to extreme droughts. 

Look close at the image below and see the people and cars to understand the scale of the image. A lack of context creates a forced perspective.

Cars parked next to a sinkhole

More optical illusions:

Cat in the bag
Giant Broccoli
Big women
Two giants
Grumpy tree
Wolf pack
Hovering Car
Reflected rice fields
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The man on the left is not standing in the water next to the boat. He is sitting with his friends in the boat.

Next to the boat

Boats

Catfusion optical illusion

Catfusion

Cats