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Knowledge

A bit of knowledge on optical illusions. Or scroll down to see what you came for.

sorrowful rock face pareidolia

How do optical illusions work?

How to create optical illusion photos (for social media)

Prehistoric ambiguous illusion

The history of optical illusions in art

The same image

concave and convex

Source/credit: EndersGame_Reviewer

The photos on the left and right are the same image, just rotated. The reason that we see the one on the left as concave and the one on the right as convex is because our brains assume that light is coming from above. 

More optical illusions:

Bald friends
Sword-billed Hummingbird
Disappearing trailer
Self-assembly
Two giants
Giant Christmas Cat
Deflated dog
Boiling a bird
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Lego bed

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Pisa tower on the right leans more

Which one leans more?

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