Your brain does its best to inform you about the world around you, but sometimes it gets tricked. Enjoy eight optical illusions to test your brain’s sensory input.
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Images:
Rabbit Duck Illusion: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duck-Rabbit_illusion.jpg
Spinning Dancer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spinning_Dancer.gif
Herman Optical Illusion: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zludzenie_Hermana.png
