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> Heaters, satellite dishes, parabolic lights, motion of the planets, telescopes, eyeglasses, shadows on a wall, a ton of sh*t basically

Satellite dishes and the mirrors in reflecting telescopes are both parabolic in shape. The stream of water from a drinking fountain travels a parabolic path.

The orbit of the moon around the earth and the earth around the sun are elliptical.

I'll bet you can find some real-life examples of circles on your own.

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