Object with a face-like appearance resembling a dog and a pear with a face and mouth.

The human brain is always looking for familiar patterns, which is why an electrical outlet looks shocked and the front of a car appears to be judging your driving. This phenomenon is called pareidolia, but I prefer to think of it as our brains giving random objects little personalities without their consent.

Once you start noticing faces in everyday things, they show up everywhere.

These funny examples were shared by people in the Pareidolia.org communities on Facebook and Instagram, where members collect faces hiding in food, buildings, appliances, trees, and just about anything else. Some look happy, some look terrified, and others seem like they just opened their latest utility bill.

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Cross-section of purple cabbage resembling a fairy path leading to a glowing doorway.via pareidoliaorg

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A piece of wood with a face-like pattern resembling a dog's face.via pareidoliaorg

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A cup of cappuccino with foam resembling a face, with the caption 'Best accidental cappuccino foam e.via pareidoliaorg

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When you hate broccoli, but the broccoli hates you too.via pareidoliaorg

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Lemon with a face and mouth, hanging from a tree, with the caption 'The lemons life gave me.'.via pareidoliaorg

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Tomato slices with faces resembling a smiling face and a surprised face.via pareidoliaorg

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Funny image of a bell pepper resembling a face with a caption about salad or asking what happened.via pareidoliaorg

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Colorful plastic jugs arranged to resemble Freddie Mercury's face.via pareidoliaorg

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Collection of rocks resembling human faces in a Japanese museum display.via pareidoliaorg

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Her name is Lucy, born with a selfie on her left ear, sitting on grass.via pareidoliaorg

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Naked-man orchid with two orchid flowers resembling naked men.via pareidoliaorg

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Ceiling light fixture looks like a water buffalo's face.via pareidoliaorg

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My water bottles almost just scared me to death with funny faces.via pareidoliaorg

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Pocket with eyes and a face, captioned 'This is how my pocket looks at me when I waste my money.'.via pareidoliaorg

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A person wearing a Muppet mask sitting on a bench in a public space.via pareidoliaorg

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Image shows Sylvester Stallone and a green bell pepper with facial features.via pareidoliaorg

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Large wave crashes over a lighthouse during a storm in Newhaven.via pareidoliaorg

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Humorous image of vertebrae C6 resembling a smiling face with text about support.via pareidoliaorg

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Skull-shaped food in a bowl with a humorous caption about bad cooking.via pareidoliaorg

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Orange with a face-like pattern, held in hand, with humorous caption.via pareidoliaorg

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Coffee foam forms a nuclear explosion shape with text about cats gaining nuclear codes.via pareidoliaorg

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Pancake in a pan resembling Homer Simpson on a ring doorbell.via pareidoliaorg

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House with windows resembling eyes and a crack forming a smile, funny pareidolia.via pareidoliaorg

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Door handle with a face-like appearance, as if surprised.via pareidoliaorg

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Green bell peppers with faces, caption about innocent plants and vegetarian help.via pareidoliaorg

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Pipe opening looks like Rafiki from Lion King, with text about it almost giving a heart attack.via pareidoliaorg

28.

Jupiter's face with swirling clouds and two moons, resembling eyes, from space.via pareidoliaorg

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Onion with a happy face pattern and a knife nearby, with text about a happy onion.via pareidoliaorg

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Cucumber with Air Jordan logo, sponsored by Air Jordan.via pareidoliaorg

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Door installation with wood grain pattern resembling a face, humorously praised.via pareidoliaorg

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A glass of beer with a face-like pattern on the foam surface.via pareidoliaorg

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Architectural building with rounded concrete supports and overhanging sections.via pareidoliaorg

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Map of Idaho and Montana with two men's faces superimposed, labeled Idaho and Montana.via pareidoliaorg

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Yogurt cups with fruit arranged to look like faces, with a sad face in the middle.via pareidoliaorg

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Person's hand holding a dollar bill with Batman's mask visible on the bill.via pareidoliaorg

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Light fixture with a purple balloon twisted into a spiral shape.via pareidoliaorg

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Faucet that looks like a squirrel from Ice Age, with text about the resemblance.via pareidoliaorg

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Cloud looks like a girl sleeping, sketched beside the real cloud.via pareidoliaorg

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Comparison of iPhone 16 camera and a hamster with big eyes.via pareidoliaorg

Nate Armbruster

Nate is a writer and stand-up comedian living in Chicago. He enjoys finding the internet’s funniest corners so you don’t have to.