optical illusions
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How The Heck Does This Ball Not Roll Off This Roof?
Video: If it looks like a roof and it’s sloped downward like a roof, it should act like a damn roof and have stuff freaking slide off it, right? Not when it comes to Kokichi Sugihara’s “Impossible Rooftop”. Even if you place a ball on top of this model house’s roof, it won’t roll off.…
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Illusion Somehow Transforms Rectangles Into Circles In The Mirror
Video: What sorcery is this? Kokichi Sugihara’s ‘Rectangles and Circles’ illusion is a mind-bending visual trip that turns squares into circles and circles into squares right in front of your face. Different shapes are placed at a mirror and what you see in front of you is totally different from what you see in the…
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Why Do Wheels Sometimes Appear To Spin Backwards?
You’ve seen this optical illusion in movies — but it happens when you’re watching in person too. What’s really going on?
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10 Impressive Optical Illusion Drawings That Break What You Think Is Real
Video: In every one of these side-by-sides from artist Howard Lee (and there are ten of them), one is the real object and the other is just a hyperrealistic drawing. Some of these drawings look so real that it’s hard to tell what’s art and what’s not. It’s especially great because after we get fooled,…