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Facts, science and history of optical illusions.
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Rainbows are illusions

Types of Optical Illusions

Locomotives in their natural habitat

Pareidolia (Seeing faces)

sorrowful rock face pareidolia

How do optical illusions work?

Rainbow Road

Rainbow Road

Source/credit: kenziemonsterrawr

The sun hit this freshly-paved tarmac just right and made a real-life Rainbow Road through polarized lenses.

More optical illusions:

Beach Yeti
Sword-billed Hummingbird
Too many legs
A Flying Island
Sand Bear
Dock to the sky
Lap Tiger
Perfectly Polished
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