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Why do I turn my head to the side to lipread better in the dark?

Just wondering why turning my head helps me to see better. I know there is nothing wrong with my eyesight(apart from recently keeping reading words wrong)
 
Because human eyes naturally tend to have cones, the things that allow you to see color and see in light, concentrated in the center of your vision and rods, the things that allow you to see in the dark (but don't provide color discrimination) in the periphery of your visual field.

There's nothing wrong with you, that's just how humans see.
 
There is a blind spot dead center. In poor lighting, things are easier to see if you look slightly off-center.
 
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