Because this is why the internet was invented (“It’s true.” — Al Gore), here’s a video of pet otters Kotaro and Hana (previously) reacting to a machine that makes water drops appear to drip backwards. I think it’s safe to say their little minds were blown. Honestly, my big mind

This is a clip from Penn & Teller: Fool Us of magician Axel Adler performing a three-legged routine, with each leg appearing to be an actual, functional leg. Of course one isn’t. Or maybe the trick is that all three are actually bionic legs. Regardless, I have three legs myself,

Both the top and bottom half of the image have the same number of dots, but the ones on top appear to disappear unless you’re looking at them. This is an example of a Hermann grid illusion, an optical illusion first documented by Ludimar Hermann in 1870. According to SharpBrains,

This is an optical illusion of a ball appearing to roll up a little slide. Of course it isn’t actually rolling up a slide because it isn’t magic, it’s just a clever perspective trick (revealed in video). Me? I love playing tricks on my eyes. I also love playing tricks

These are several optical illusions created by professor of engineering education and leadership at the University Of Texas, El Paso, David Novick. In each of the illusions all the balls are the same color, but appear not to be because your brain is trash and easily tricked. Now you see

This is a video of a Turkish ice cream vendor in Bangalore, India performing his usual routine of ice cream catch-me-if-you-can when the man he’s trying to outmaneuver actually manages to grab the ice cream. Now I’m not sure if you’re required to hang up your ice cream vending hat

This is a video of the winner of the ‘Best Illusion Of The Year’, as created by mathematician Kokichi Sugihara of Meiji University in Tokyo. The 3D Schröder Staircase “looks exactly the same right-side-up and upside-down, its left end looking taller than its right.” It was pretty fun to watch,

This is a short video of a pitcher throwing a clever sleight-of-hand pitch for a strike. That’s cool, but you still need two more for an out, and I think the jig is up with this pitch. I’d mix it up with maybe something behind the back or between the