Simone Biles and Shaq standing side by side at Super Bowl is like a dang optical illusion

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Both Simone Biles and Shaquille O'Neal are legends in their respective sports. But that's about where the athletic comparisons end. Shaq stands 7-foot-1, while Biles is just 4-foot-9.

Get them together for a photo opp and you just might have the best pic of Super Bowl LI.

Both the NBA legend and the Olympic gymnastics hero are in Houston as part of the media circus surrounding the big game, where Biles has already impressed Tom Brady.

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Sam Laird

Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.

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