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Oct 19, 2019 · 10:00 am
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Watch: In a mind-boggling illusion, these lenses make objects disappear

Lenticular lenses cause the optical illusion of a disappearing pencil.

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Oct 19, 2019 · 10:00 am

Lenticular lenses can be used to blur images along a single direction pic.twitter.com/lKon9KLtwI

— Ben 🎃 Bartlett (@bencbartlett) October 14, 2019
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