This remarkable mirror illusion came with a perfect unforeseen bonus
It’s the simple things in life.
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An optical illusion is good, but an optical illusion that’s also oddly amusing is better.
The latter is what graduate Luke Ritchie stumbled on in a corridor on his campus, when he noticed a perfectly aligned mirror.
![The mirror illusion taken by Luke](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/05/02094129/f8644911-84d3-4f69-ac19-4f863574a77e.jpg)
And a happy coincidence at that – posted to Reddit, Luke’s picture has had thousands of upvotes.
“I suspect people find optical illusions fascinating because they enjoy seeing their minds be tricked,” said Luke.
“On Reddit I would hypothesise people enjoy them even more when they are everyday occurrences, interesting artefacts of our day-to-day lives.”
![The illusion showing a girl with a man's legs](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/05/02101617/215ebd3a-b304-44a6-9945-463d59702a41.jpg)