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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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    andrew-w00197 avatar
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    Cheeky!

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    Liliana Spiro
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    Baby Groot

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

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    Senjo Krane
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    Sad monster

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    I feel judged.

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    Liliana Spiro
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    Am I a joke to you, Susan?

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    Liliana Spiro
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    I'd still risk it...

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    lilianaspiro avatar
    Liliana Spiro
    Liliana Spiro
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    Jabba the Hutt

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    Kyla Tinch (she/her)
    Kyla Tinch (she/her)
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    Oh that's just creepy.

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    Senjo Krane
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    Grommet?

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    Multa Nocte (she/her/86 47)
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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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    uwufroggouwu_1 avatar
    Anemoia <3
    Anemoia <3
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    That's one mischievous purse

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    Sleepy little birbs!

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

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    steviedan79 avatar
    Speak easy buttercup
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    👀

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

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    Senjo Krane
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    Carp

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    I recognize the mood all too well.

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    Bill Swallow
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    The face of 'Master Cylinder', the robot villain from the old Felix the Cat cartoons.

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    Senjo Krane
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    angry baby

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    UKGrandad
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    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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    There is a genie in that bottle.

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    Shocked Snake

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    How kids cough in your face

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    Please don't eat it.

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    UKGrandad
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    He didn't get much work after 'Airplane!'.

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    Senjo Krane
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    Someone's off on an adventure

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    Lotekguy
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    Holder of the key to happiness.

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

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    billswallow_1 avatar
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    "Are you my (*hic*) Mummy?"

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    Ripping Yarns

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    billswallow_1 avatar
    Bill Swallow
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    If the Dulce de Leche was Marvin the Paranoid Android.

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    capeglossystarling avatar
    Ugh, do I have to?
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    Your average Instagram model.

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    kylatinch avatar
    Kyla Tinch (she/her)
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    Just hangin around lookin at the world from a different perspective.

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    Bill Swallow
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    ... I'm thinking Mater rolled over.

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    Multa Nocte (she/her/86 47)
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    Topo Gigio.

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    Bill Swallow
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    Well, *She* seems happy!

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    Littlemiss
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    0_0

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    Kermit the log

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    Anemoia <3
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    :0 - this hat

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    Marleina Hershberg
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    Screaming

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    Demdumpin
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    Fred and Wilma's Dino

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    High Times

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    The things I've seen! lawdy.

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    Call me stinky

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    Baby's first tooth

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    awww cute bunny!

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    Looks like it's taking inventory.

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    Jason's cousin, maybe

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

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    "I'm the Baby! Gotta love me!" And it looks like you got into the acid, too.

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    Oh my gosh, that's from Michael MJD

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    Holes

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    Marble cake loaf

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