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12 Everyday Things That Oddly Look Like Other Things

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Did you know there’s a word for the thing that happens when humans see things that aren’t there? Like when you look up at the clouds and see the profile of Winston Churchill in a cumulous?

There is! It’s called pareidolia, and if you’re someone who sees faces or objects in the things around you every day, then you’re totally going to get the sentiments in these 12 images.

12. There is a zero probability that he did not try to fly it.

I’m a little mad there’s no update on how it went, honestly.

This Dorito is shaped like a paper airplane
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11. An icy planet at dawn.

That could be the cover of a book!

The roof of this car looks like a shot of a planet from space
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10. It looks so much like a nose, I don’t believe it’s toothpaste.

How does that happen?!

My toothpaste came out looking like a nose
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9. …is eggplant supposed to look like that?

Asking for all of us, honestly.

The inside of this eggplant looks like a butterfly.
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8. It’s flying so low, too.

Everyone take cover!

I saw a lenticular cloud over a cumulus cloud that made it look like a helicopter
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7. A dolphin head maybe? I guess?

This is the first one I don’t really see.

My half chopped sweet potato looks like a dolphin
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6. That is obviously a petrified dragon.

I will not be taking arguments at this time.

I found a piece of driftwood that looks like a dragon’s head.
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5. I definitely felt like I was in Jurassic Park for a minute.

Also, what are those really? Monkeys? Gross!

Um bando de mini dinossauros atravessando uma calçada no sul do país
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4. A one in a million picture.

Cats are so cooperative when they want to be.

My black cat looks like my white cat’s shadow
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3. Y’all what kind of dog is this?

I need to get one on my lap immediately.

At the time of washing he looks like a polar bear
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2. I stared at this for WAY too long.

I’m still not exactly sure what I’m looking at, either.

My broken antenna on my car looks like a half sunken boat.
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1. Don’t try to convince me this isn’t actually a UFO.

Because you can’t.

Honestly, you would think that your brain would see the right thing, since you know what it is, but nope!

Do you have a favorite example of this phenomenon? Show us in the comments!