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Microtext on banknotes measures only about 0.3mm, yet some people can quite comfortably read such tiny text without any magnifying tool. Does that mean they have super vision? Here is an explanation from Associate Professor Andrew Anderson at Melbourne University.

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Microtext on banknotes measures only about 0.3mm, yet some people can quite comfortably read such tiny text without any magnifying tool. Does that mean they have super vision? Here is an explanation from Associate Professor Andrew Anderson at Melbourne University.

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