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the front-facing billboard you can't proofread before the world reads it
means The front of your head — eyes, nose, mouth and all — or, by extension, the outward surface or appearance of any thing.
from From Old French 'face,' which traces back to Latin 'facies,' meaning 'form, appearance, the look of a thing' — likely tied to 'facere,' to make or do, as if your face were the made, finished surface presented to the world. It quietly elbowed aside the older English word for the same thing, 'andwlita,' which has long since vanished.
- muscle count
- over 40 muscles, all unpaid emotion staff
- fusiform gyrus
- a brain region devoted to recognizing faces
- pareidolia
- why you see faces in outlets and toast
- newborn instinct
- babies prefer face-shaped patterns hours after birth
- no twins
- even identical twins have measurably different faces
mona lisa — leonardo da vinci's 1503 portrait with the most recognized smile in art history
mount rushmore — four u.s. presidential faces carved into south dakota granite, completed 1941
great sphinx of giza — limestone statue with human face and lion body built around 2500 bce in egypt