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Why do you look funny when you look at your reflection in aluminium foil.?
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∙ 8y ago
Because the aluminum foil is not flat or in one plane or "straight". When it reflects light, which is a part of your reflection, the reflected light does not come back straight, but gets sent in different directions. For example, the light from your lips might get reflected at an angle, and your eyes will see that "lips-light" where it is expecting light from your teeth.
Thus, you will look funny because you will see your teeth where you were expecting your lips in the mirror. Many other parts of your face might get distorted or not appear where they should be, either just slightly away or moved quite a bit.
This can created a stretched view in some areas of the face and a compacted view in another, leading to the funny reflection.
Brant Lockman
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∙ 12y agoits because the aluminum foil is always a little bit crumpled so it makes you face look crumpled
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