The Mandela Effect

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The Mandela effect, have you heard about this? Here is a definition to give you an idea. The Mandela Effect is an observed phenomenon in which a large segment of the population misremembers a significant event or shares a memory of an event that did not actually occur. Interesting. A large segment of the population has a memory of an event that did not actually happen. Here are some examples they listed as the Mandela Effect. Tell me if you have a memory of any of them. The South African anti-apartheid activist and politician Nelson Mandela, who this theory is named after, died in 2013. However a large segment of the population believed he had died in while in prison in the 1980s. Many believe Dorothy says ""Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore" when in fact the actual words she says in The Wizard of Oz are "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.” Many believe that the Monopoly Man wears a monocle when in fact he actually doesn't. Mr. Peanut does though. Many people thought that the kidnapping of aviator Charles Lindbergh's infant son turned into a cold case for many years. The sad reality is that the baby's body would be found within a couple of months and the killer would be executed for his crime. People claim that the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci, the Mona Lisa, that her smile was once more obvious than it is now. There is no way for that to be seeing that Da Vinci passed away in 1519. Uh oh, I fell for this one. The Flintstone's has two t's in it. I always said the Flinstone's...oops. From the classic movie Casablanca, and one of the most misquoted lines in movie history is "Play it again, Sam." It reality the line said by Ingrid Bergman's character, Ilsa Lund, is: "Play it once, Sam. For old times' sake." From Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs most of us say "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall" when in fact the wicked Queen actually says ""Magic mirror on the wall" The Mandela effect even affects one of my favorite bands of all time when we all think Freddie belts out at the very end of We Are The Champions, "of the world." But it isn't there. In 1989, many remember the Tiananmen Square, located in center of Beijing, China incident where a lone young man stood still in the road while China military tanks moved towards him. Many believe that young man who was protesting was run over and killed when in fact the man climbed on top of the tank and later left. There were skirmishes between the army and protestors and some did in fact die, but not him. There are other examples of the Mandela Effect. Can you think of any that you thought was right only to find out it just isn't so?