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ube his sha a small cube sitting on the inside of g s a bigger cube or as a single large cube with a small cube-size chunk missing s from its bottom corner. This design first m appeared in a floor mosaic found in the ancient Roman ruins of Pompeii, Italy. n
Crazy cu y r You can see th s u c m d p R c

Face-to-face? When the eyes and brain focus on an object, they separate it from its background, but it’s not clear which is the object in this illusion. Some people see a white vase on a black background, while others see two black people looking at each other on a white background. t o e w s o s g w y ’

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Two or three e? w Like Penrose’s triangle, this object cannot e o e be created in 3-D. You see two different d c perspectives at once, yet it’s impossible y v r to fit them together. Three round prongs h t m fi at one end become a rectangular shape r d o at the other. Nobody is really sure who s b first created this illusion—it’s a puzzle s t from start to finish! t m

MPOSSIBLE

ILL Look at these pictures and objects. What do you see? Is there one image or two? Is the water really flowing uphill? Illusions are not always as they seem at first glance. The brain can flip between two options as it tries to make sense of the impossible. Tricky triangle c This illusion was created by mathematician t r w Roger Penrose. All three straight beams of m h s the triangle appear in front and behind one d n a a another at the s

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