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It's Okay to Be Smart
Why You See Faces in Things
Season 12
Episode 10
Have you ever looked at a cloud and seen a face? Or the front of a car and seen a face? Or an electrical outlet and seen a face? You definitely have. We all see faces everywhere we look thanks to a fun quirk of the human brain called visual pareidolia.
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