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

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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's one mischievous purse

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    Little guy is doing some serious pondering.

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    2 days 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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    Never miss a story that brings joy to the world. Follow on Google News

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    Sleepy little birbs!

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

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    I recognize the mood all too well.

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

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

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    How kids cough in your face

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    Someone's off on an adventure

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    Holder of the key to happiness.

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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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    If the Dulce de Leche was Marvin the Paranoid Android.

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

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    ... I'm thinking Mater rolled over.

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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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