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  2. Pareidolia - Wikipedia

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    Pareidolia can cause people to interpret random images, or patterns of light and shadow, as faces. A 2009 magnetoencephalography study found that objects perceived as faces evoke an early (165 ms ) activation of the fusiform face area at a time and location similar to that evoked by faces, whereas other common objects do not evoke such activation.

  3. Here are some of the weirdest things that happened in 2023 - AOL

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    Tick, mosquito and spotted lantern fly outbreaks made people crazy in 2023. Millions of Americans dealt with a surge of bugs this summer — from spotted lantern flies across the Northeast and ...

  4. Really, REALLY Weird Things People Have Found in Their Houses

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    A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words. A young married couple found something chilling in the attic of a 108-year-old American Foursquare-style farmhouse bought during probate — so they were left with ...

  5. Pica (disorder) - Wikipedia

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    Pica is the eating or craving of things that are not food. [2] It is classified as an eating disorder but can also be the result of an existing mental disorder. [3] The ingested or craved substance may be biological, natural or manmade. The term was drawn directly from the medieval Latin word for magpie, a bird subject to much folklore ...

  6. 50+ weird (yet cool) things on Amazon you didn't know you ...

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    They provide clever life hacks, make things more comfortable or offer entertainment. And they start at just $6. These picks are just the tip of the iceberg. The depths of Amazon are truly endless ...

  7. Wikipedia:Unusual articles - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes people do dumb things. Dord: A nonexistent English word, supposedly meaning "density", which was listed in the second edition of Webster's New International Dictionary from 1935 to 1939. The Dozens: A usually good-natured African American game in which two competitors, usually male, exchange trash-talk until one has no comeback. Duck test

  8. Perceptions of religious imagery in natural phenomena

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    People have been found to perceive images with spiritual or religious themes or import, sometimes called iconoplasms or simulacra, in the shapes of natural phenomena. The images perceived, whether iconic or aniconic , may be the faces of religious notables or the manifestation of spiritual symbols in the natural, organic media or phenomena of ...

  9. Stereotypes of white Americans - Wikipedia

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    In the media, White Americans are often stereotyped to be white-collar suburbanites who are middle class or wealthy. [1] White men are often stereotyped as ambitious, arrogant, racist, and uncoordinated. White women are often stereotyped as unintelligent, overly focused on appearance, and sexually available, with the names Becky and Karen ...