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Have you ever looked around and suddenly been stopped by something completely random, like a handbag or any other everyday object, and felt like it was staring back at you? Not because it was beautiful or unusual, but because it somehow had a face… an expression of its own.

We’ve probably all experienced that at some point. If you didn’t know, this phenomenon is called pareidolia – the tendency of the human brain to see familiar patterns, especially faces, in random objects. There are even online communities dedicated to sharing these discoveries, including the Facebook group “Things that look like faces.”

Scroll down to see some of the most recent examples captured by pareidolia enthusiasts, and maybe take a moment to notice how many unexpected “faces” you’ve seen in your own surroundings lately.

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    Paint me like one of your French root vegetables.

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    Awww, what a cute do...wait a minute

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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The photos in the background needed a double take...

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    This makes me feel like I should be high or something.

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    The eater is being seriously judged.

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    Little guy is doing some serious pondering.

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    41 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does it really count as pareidolia if the item has been deliberately arranged to look like a face?

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    A 'tongue-out' insta 'model'?

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    37 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, everybody, but my childhood just came back to me. 'In days of old / when knights were bold / and women weren't invented / The men drilled holes / in wooden poles / and sat there quite contented.

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    Whatever he's co-piloting, I'm not getting on it

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    That's exactly how I look at my radio if a Phil F. Collins song comes on.

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    Just hangin around lookin at the world from a different perspective.

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    Looks like it's taking inventory.

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    The things I've seen! lawdy.

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    Chihuahua pizza? Still beats pineapple...and cauliflower.

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