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How to FOOL Your Eyes

Your eyes help you see the world. But they don’t tell you what you’re looking at. That’s the brain’s job.

To decode what the eyes are seeing, the brain uses clues like light, shadow, size, and position. If one object is blocking another, for example, it means that the first object is in front. And if you see a small object that your brain knows

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