How to make the Ames Window Optical Illusion!
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How to make the Ames Window Optical Illusion!
Go to 1:16 for step-by-step instructions :) Let's look through the Ames Window!! This weirdly shaped window plays a trick on your eyes as it spins around. It seems to spin in one direction, stop, and then start spinning in the other direction... But if we watch it from above, we can see that it's spinning in just the one direction! What?! This ...
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