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by giantg2 226 days ago
Interesting. Another thing I have that I didn't know about. I've found over 500 four leaf clovers as a kid. I still find them without looking as an adult when looking at something else on the ground or tying my shoe, etc. The movement thing isn't exactly like how I would describe it, but pretty close. It's almost like the eye auto focuses on it becuase it's different. Sometimes I would intentionally unfocus my eyes or concentrate on peripheral vision to make them jump out.
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Same! Used to stop my bike hard on my way home to pick up one I just noticed in the peripheral of my vision at the edge of the road. No idea how, they just jumped out to me. Then put them between random pages in my moms old encyclopedias to press and preserve them. Got hundreds.
My mother used to find them all the time. I asked her how she did it and all she could say was that "I just notice them."

I can only find them if I'm on my hands and knees searching a clover patch. I can't say how many I've found but I'd certainly guess a single-digit number.