The Mandela Effect

Because there is so much we don't know about our universe, there are many interesting theories that try to connect strange occurrences on Earth with the mysteries of the universe. One of these theories is called The Mandela Effect. According to mandelaeffect.com, The “Mandela Effect” is what happens when "someone has a clear, personal memory of something that never happened in this reality. Many of us — mostly total strangers — remember several of the exact same events with the exact same details. However, our memories are different from what’s in history books, newspaper archives, and so on." This theory says that we have been moving from parallel universe to parallel universe without noticing, until there is a "glitch" in the switch between universes. An example of a glitch would be the fact that a significant portion of the population remembers the cuddly, TV bear family as the Berenstein Bears, when they are actually called the Berenstain Bears. Do you remember Sex in the City? Well, it's actually Sex and the City.

This theory is named after the most significant "glitch", the fact that many people around the world all believe that Nelson Mandela died in prison very clearly and were shocked to learn that he did not. Another example of the Mandela Effect is people thinking Curious George had a tail when he did not. People remember that Darth Vader says "Luke, I am your father" when he actually says "No, I am your father". There is also  a significant amount of the population that remembers there being a genie movie starring Sinbad in the '90s when no such movie exists.

Whether you believe in the Mandela Effect or not, you’ve gotta admit that it is a little strange that such a significant amount of people all have the same misconceptions and false memories, so who knows?
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