How do you feel about red-nosed, white-faced, goofy-haired performers who juggle and make balloon animals for a living? Yes, I'm talking about clowns, and there's an official scientific definition for fear of them. But why are clowns so scary? According to science, it has to do with several factors, and the first one is their make up. Credit: CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/: Willy Pragher: Berlin Scala, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berlin_Scala_Grock_010256b.jpg Berlin Circus, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berlin_Circus_Busch_Grock_010250.jpg Berlin Scala Grock, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berlin_Scala_Grock_010257.jpg Der Schweizer Clown Grock: Theaterfotograf Fred Erismann, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Der_Schweizer_Clown_Grock_1931.png #brightside Animation is created by Bright Side. —————————————————————————————- Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz —————————————————————————————- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru —————————————————————————————- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me

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