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Now that I have you trying to remember, let's talk about false memories and the possibility
of alternate universes.
Mandela Effect refers to the phenomenon where a group of people mis-remember a fact or event.
Some have used it as a means of supporting the existence of parallel universes - but
we're not going to get too deep into that in this video.
Instead, we've collected ten great examples of the Mandela Effect that will blow your
mind!
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10.
"Mirror, Mirror..."
You may think you're a Disney fanatic, but unless you cringe every time someone says
"Mirror, mirror on the wall..." when quoting Snow White, you're not quite there yet.
It seems just about everyone believes the quote starts as "Mirror, mirror," but that's
not the case.
While we remember it that way, the line is actually "Magic mirror on the wall."
Where the false memory of the queen reciting that line may come from is the original translations
of the fairy tale.
Starting with the German Brothers Grimm story, the queen says:
9.
"I Am Your Father."
We all know the line and probably have repeated it at least once in our lifetime, but chances
are we've been mis-remembering how the scene actually went.
During the most iconic part in The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader doesn't address
Luke by name, so when someone says "Luke, I am your father," you should correct them
immediately.
The real line that we've ignored and incorrectly committed to memory was "No, I am your father,"
which makes far more sense considering Luke's line before it was "He told me you killed
him."
Him, of course, being his father.
8.
Harry Houdini's Death How exactly did famed magician Harry Houdini
die?
If your mind immediately went to stories of his drowning during one of his more dangerous
tricks, you've fallen victim to the Mandela Effect.
Though many may vividly remember hearing about his drowning, Houdini passed away from peritonitis
after his appendix ruptured.
Some even think he died in the 1930's, while his date of death was actually Halloween 1926.
7.
The Misquoting of the Lambs We all have that one friend who's done the
eerie "Hello Clarice" in an attempt to mimic the impressive acting ability of Anthony Hopkins.
The reality is, however, that Hannibal Lecter never muttered those words.
It's such a popular and mis-remembered quote that it even made an appearance in another
movie - 1996's The Cable Guy.
If you scour the web, you'll find dozens of memes devoted to those two simple words.
Some may argue that he does say "Hello Clarice" towards the end of the film when he calls
the FBI agent, but he very clearly says "Well, Clarice."
6.
"We Are The Champions" Lyrics Admit it, you've found yourself singing along
to Queen's "We Are the Champions" and, at the very end of the song, threw in a last
"of the world!"
It's a common false memory that people have about the popular ballad, likely caused by
the pattern of the song's chorus.
Though Freddie Mercury did throw one final "of the world!"
onto live versions of the song, the recorded iteration is the one people hear most frequently.
The song also tops off The Mighty Ducks 2's credits and also features that final "of the
world!", though it does appear to be awkwardly spliced in.
5.
Curious George's Tail If you were given the task of drawing Curious
George from memory, would you give him a tail or not?
If you would, then you suffer from a false memory of what Curious George looks like.
Don't feel bad, though.
Though there isn't any depiction of him with a tail, that tends to be how people visualize
him.
There are people that even remember George both with and without a tail.
George was designed as a chimp, though, and chimps don't have tails.
4.
The Monopoly Man Monocle Maybe it's because it certainly looks like
he should have one, but people incorrectly think that the Monopoly Man, or, Rich Uncle
Pennybags, sports a monocle.
The rich mogul certainly looks good in a monocle, but no design of the iconic board game mascot
includes the distinctive eyepiece.
Some speculate that people confuse him with Mr. Peanut as they have a similar look, but
Mr. Peanut very-much-so looks like a peanut while the Monopoly man...
well... doesn't.
3.
The Lindbergh Baby Do you remember learning about the tragedy
of the Lindbergh Baby?
Kidnapped on March 1st, 1932, the baby of aviation legend Charles Lindbergh was never
seen again despite the many attempts of the Lindbergh family to have him returned safely.
If you didn't catch the fallacy in that statement, then you either know nothing about the Lindbergh
kidnapping or you are like the many others that mis-remember the details of Charles Lindbergh
III's kidnapping.
In reality, the Lindbergh baby was found less than a mile from home and was determined to
have been murdered the night of the kidnapping.
2.
Shazaam!
Sinbad, aka David Atkins, had quite a lot of fun with this false memory when it became
widely popular in early 2017.
People were adamant that they remember watching a 1990s movie where Sinbad played a genie.
College Humor had a little fun with it, too, and hired Sinbad to film "lost footage" of
the movie to post on April Fool's Day of 2017.
The most popular theory is that people confused the non-existent Sinbad movie with Shaquille
O'Neil's portrayal of a genie in Kazaam. 1.
The First Death of Nelson Mandela This is the false memory that started it all.
"Paranormal consultant" and author Fiona Broome coined the phrase when she realized that her
memory of Nelson Mandela's death in the 1980s was completely off the mark.
The South African president and human rights activist was alive up until 2013, but Broome's
memory was adamant that he died in prison.
As the author did some digging, she found that she wasn't the only one that thought
Mandela died 30 years before he actually did.
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Hey, you know that “Shazaam” one?
Anybody else remember Gomer Pyle saying that all the time?