The Mandela Effect

The Mandela Effect is when a large group of people remember something a certain way, but are actually wrong.  The original founder of the Mandela effect is Fiona Broome.  Fiona tweeted multiple times about different instances where she had falsely remembered something. She came up with the “Mandela Effect” when her and a large group of people had a predicament where they believed that Nelson Mandela had died during the 1980’s while he was in prison, but in actuality Mandela was alive.

The Mandela Effect launched on August 23rd when a blogger blogged about the Berenstein Bears and a cluster of people falsely remembered from their childhood that it was spelled “Berenstain Bears.”  The “Mandela Effect” actually occurs because the mind remembers bits and pieces of details from an experience.

Many people remember the Monopoly Man having a monocle, but he doesn’t. I was actually disappointed to figure out that he actually did not have one because i remember him having one on he monopoly game.

Perhaps they’re just confusing him with Mr. Peanut, the Planters peanut mascot, who also wears a top hat and carries around a cane, but there are a number of people who can’t seem to grasp how the Monopoly man is monocle-less, when they've distinctly known him to have one.

Many people remember Febreze being spelled like “Febreeze”, but it has really been spelled Febreze the whole time.

This one really got me. “Sketchers” has been spelled Skechers this whole time. I’ve been wearing these since I was like five.

Let’s test this theory, which one is the correct spelling ?

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If you said Chick-Fil-A, you are correct .

If you’re like most people some of these facts probably shocked you or made you think . What do you think about the Mandela Effect ?

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