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Top 25 Optical Illusions on the Web

by Peter Mychalcewycz on September 17, 2008 at 07:25 PM

Most of you have looked and/or fretted over optical illusions at some point in your life. A select few have even had a sleepless night over particularly difficult ones. They come in all shapes and sizes and colors. Double meanings, motion-induced blindness, and mind bending perspective distortion just to name a few. Here, we have compiled a list of some of our favorite illusions on the Web. Some are simple and thought provoking. Others, well, they just make you thankful that you are sitting down. Now take a break and blow your mind.

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Tags: brain, creative, features, illusions, optical illusions, OpticalIllusions, time wasters, TimeWasters, web

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jennieSep 17th 2008 9:31PM

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I typed on how many f's there are........and got to this talk show.....how wierd is that???? AOL again

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cSep 17th 2008 11:43PM

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Me to I counted 6. Then seen this talk show too now I'm moving on

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Tom MorrisSep 18th 2008 12:20PM

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This is fun? What a waste of my time. I am changing servers!!

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HollySep 22nd 2008 12:07PM

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This isn't a waste of time. If you are in a meeting that hasn't started yet,you can just scroll through these Illusions! It was VERY helpfull when I was stuck in traffic. I just looked at the Illusions for a bit,and time flew by!

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BMagna423Oct 20th 2008 7:20AM

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I don't know if anyone has already written about this (I'd be surprised if no one has), but isn't is annoying as hell to try to enjoy concentrating on an optical illusion when just a couple inches away, a screen is blinking animated advertisements.
I know that companies pay for these ads, but can't the person doing the web page layout take the content of the page into account?

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HoofHeartedOct 30th 2008 10:19PM

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alright AOL you should stop the HEADLINE CRAP that leads us to nowhere...when we click on a headline you should link it to the ANSWER.! Who the hell comes up with this...GROW UP!

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USABargainOct 30th 2008 10:59PM

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There are 12 F's altogether , you have 6 red or pink F's , 5 shadow F's, and one white upside down F = 12 in all

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USABargainOct 30th 2008 10:48PM

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There are 12 F's in all that I see, Red and pink F's , shadow F's and an upside down white F

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USABargainOct 30th 2008 11:01PM

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For some reason my picture of the F's Froze up, I now have more Red F's and shadow F's....not my fault, must be a bug in the system....anyways.........drum roll please

Ok.......here it is, counting the Red F's, The Pink F's and the shadow F's you have 14 + 1 upside down white F = 15

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JoOct 31st 2008 10:06PM

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I don't know if this will show up or not. No wonder people are dumping AOL in droves. It's as if the whole internet site is being run by 5-year-olds. I dumped AOL when my computer repair guy told me how it was dragging down the speed of my computer. When I uninstalled AOL, I couldn't be more shocked to find out how much this was true. You can still do AOL on aol.com if you still like their articles. So, when I did the "find the Fs" challenge, I bit. I found 12 Fs. The article challenges you because someone thought they were smart. Can't find the answer though. It takes you to a paragraph containing six Fs. Everyone knows that old, tired paragraph. Still, no answer to the question, how many Fs in the "F only" page. How lame is this! It certainly does not make anyone want to subcribe or resubscribe to AOL!!!!!!!!!!!!11

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JIm JonesNov 15th 2008 7:33PM

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Wow, there is nothing like a good optical illusion. I always wondered if it was they eyes or the brain that pulled the illusion?

Jess
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