Our mind is really good at playing tricks on us. It can selectively remember certain details, create false memories, and even distort reality.

So we at Bored Panda set out to find the situations that made people do a double take to fully understand what they were looking at.

From unlikely coincidence to trippy optical illusions, the pictures we ended up with serve as a playful reminder of the intricate dance between the human brain and the world around it, urging us to appreciate the beauty in the ordinary.

#1 Speed Bump And Crosswalk Signs In Iceland Look Like Alien Abduction

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#2 The Frost On My Car Window Looks Like A Sketch

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#3 Flashlight Through A Rock Makes It Look Like The Moon

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#4 My Dirty Coffee Cup Looks Like A Pine Forest

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#5 This Bubble In An Ice Fishing Hole That Froze Over Looks Like The Moon Rising Over A Forest

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#6 This Crane Looks Like He’s Wearing My Sneakers

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#7 This Church Looks Like A Gingerbread House

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#8 Weeds In Bricks Look Like Oasis

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#9 This Bird That Looks Like Danny DeVito

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#10 The Way The Sunlight Reflects Off My Vase Makes It Look Like Smoke

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#11 The Way The Sun Has Weathered This Sign, It Looks Like It’s Heavy Metal Style

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#12 My Outdoor Stray Cats Look Like My Indoor House Cats’ Stand-Ins

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#13 This Plant Flips Me Off Every Morning On The Way To Work

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#14 My Statue Of Zeus Broke And Now He Looks Like He’s Throwing Someone A Roll Of Toilet Paper

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#15 Looks Like They’re Flying To The Moon

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#16 The Area I Used To Work In Washington Looks Like Jurassic Park

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#17 A Moon-Sized Turtle Orbiting The Earth, Or A Large Turtle In A Crystal-Clear Lake

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#18 This Potato That Looks Like An Apple

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#19 Bird Flew By During A Picture. Now It Looks Like A Giant Bird Landed On My Head

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#20 This Paint I Was Mixing Looked Like A Little Forest Planet

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#21 This Pepper I Grew Looks Just Like A Fruit Roll-Up

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#22 The Roots Of These Sprouts Grew In The Shape Of A Leaf

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#23 These Chocolate Chips Look Like Tiny Pipes

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#24 The Snow On My Car Window Rolled Up Like A Swiss Roll Cake This Morning

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#25 These Clouds Look Like Europe, Africa, Asia, And Australia

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#26 I Was Taking A Picture Of This Cloud That Looks Like A Feather When A Bird Flew Into The Shot

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#27 A Cloud That Looks Like A Hat

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#28 My Friend’s Back Sweat Looks Like A Tree

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#29 This Turtle At The Zoo Looks Like It’s Wearing A Turtleneck Sweater

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#30 This Frozen Puddle Looks Like A Topographical Map

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#31 Weird Reflection Makes Man Look Like A Ghost

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#32 This Square Cloud Looks Like A Giant Rug

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#33 This Stick Looks Like A Sword

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#34 This Banana Looks Like Somebody Opened It Up And Stitched It Together

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#35 My Mom Just Got These New Lights And It Looks Like They Have The Moon Inside

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#36 Aristolochia Gigantea That Looks Like A Pair Of Lungs

#37 Noticed That A Cloud Behind My Girlfriend Looked Like A Thought Bubble

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#38 This Grape That Looks Like A Pumpkin

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#39 Water Forms “Ha” Perfectly On My Glasses After Rinsing Them

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#40 Dirt On A Window At Miami International Airport That Looks Like A Dental X-Ray

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#41 This Photo I Took Of A Bird Through My Binoculars Looks Like A Planet

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#42 This Plant Looks Like It’s Flipping You Off A Bunch

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#43 This Seed Pod Stuck To My Car Window Looks Like A Mustache

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#44 I Noticed That My Rubber Band Looks Like A Musical Symbol

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#45 A Reflection From My Friend’s Phone Created A Pink Floyd Album Cover On Her Hazard Button

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#46 This Adorable Parrot In A Hat

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#47 This Tomato Scar Looks Like The Eiffel Tower

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#48 Son Moved A Turtle With The Number 3 On Its Pattern Out Of The Road

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#49 I Have A Pair Of Moles That Look Like An Eyebrow Piercing

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#50 This Restaurant That Looks Like It Was Drawn

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#51 This Dry Leaf Looks Like A Pear

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#52 My Daughter Found A Potato That Looks Like A Heart. It’s A Heartato

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#53 My Cat’s Tongue Makes It Look Like She’s Kissing

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#54 This Photo Makes My Friend Look Like A Cardboard Cutout

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#55 Someone Dropped Their Sock

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#56 My Rug Looks Like A Giant Version Of My Napkin

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#57 These Contrails Look Like Chromosomes

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#58 The Frozen Windows On My Plane Made It Look Like We Were Flying Through A Nebula

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#59 The Clouds Outside My Plane Window Look Like An Alien Landscape

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#60 One Of My Onion Rings From Burger King Today Looks Like A Perfect Infinity Symbol

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#61 My French Fry Looks Like The Nike Symbol

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#62 A Restaurant I Went To Had Yellow Windows, And It Made The Outside Look Like A Hollywood Version Of Mexico

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#63 The Stones On This Beach Look Like Upvotes

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#64 It’s Not Chicken

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#65 My Space Heater Looks Like A Duracell 9V Battery

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#66 Coffee Stain That Looks Like Earth

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#67 It Just Looks Like A Toilet

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#68 My Peas & Lentils Look Like An Ishihara Test

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#69 My Turkish Rosewater Gummies Look Like Sashimi (Raw Fish)

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#70 This Moth Looks Like A Leaf

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#71 This Towel Hung Up On A Hanger Looks Like A Jacket

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#72 The Dust A Flag Left On My Wall, Makes It Look Like The Wall Is Fabric

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#73 My Beet Looks Like Salmon

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#74 Found A Tomato That Looks Like It’s Been Stitched

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#75 Couch Pattern Looks Like Pokemon Balls

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#76 This Egg That Cracked Like A Cartoon

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#77 My Tan Lines Make Me Look Like I’m Wearing Necropants

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#78 This Hotel I’m Staying At Looks Like A Drill Bit

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#79 Reflected Lights Look Like An Alien Invasion

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#80 This Cloud That Kind Of Looks Like A Nuclear Bomb Went Off

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#81 Paint-Chipping Making The Wheelchair Guy Look Like An Angry Old Man

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#82 This Pepper Looks Like A Pumpkin

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#83 This Drop Of Coffee Looks Like Jupiter

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#84 This Tree Looks Like It’s Wearing Camouflage

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#85 Better Yet It Doesn’t Even Look Like Texas

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#86 This Stump I Came Across That Looks Like A Wooden Sarlacc

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#87 Random Number Four That Appeared In The Snow On My Front Porch

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#88 Our Challah Looks Like A Cloud From A Cartoon

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#89 The Way It Looks Like We Are On A Cliffside, Not The Lakeside

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#90 Strange Pattern On A Stepping Stone Outside My Shed. Looks Like Electricity

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#91 I Fried Chicken Skin And It Got The Shape Of The US

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#92 My Friend’s Cat Got Shaved At The Vet And Now She Looks Like A Game Of Exquisite Corpse

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#93 Okay, Why Does This Look Like The Clay I’d Used In Elementary School Art Class?

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