Here are 12 examples of The Mandela Effect from film, television, food and culture which will blow your mind.Here are 12 examples of The Mandela Effect from film, television, food and culture which will blow your mind.
Here are 12 examples of The Mandela Effect from film, television, food and culture which will blow your mind.

What is the Mandela Effect? 12 times when it blew our minds including Queen’s We Are The Champions

This might make you question some information you thought was fact

There are some pieces of information that we don’t question because it’s just an accepted truth. It feels as if everyone knows certain facts and there’s no need to look them up or verify them because you trust the knowledge of society as a whole.

But, what if some of those pieces of information were wrong? Now, it’s not that you are being purposefully misled. Instead, we can all fall victim to something called the Mandela Effect. But, what exactly is the Mandela Effect, and what are some ‘facts’ you will likely believe that are not actually facts at all? Read on to have your mind blown.

The Mandela Effect refers to something which is so widely misremembered that the incorrect version becomes widely accepted as fact. The naming of the phenomenon refers to the fact that a lot of people think that famous South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela died while he was in prison in the 1980s, but in fact he died in 2013 - over two decades after his release.

Here are some surprising examples of the Mandela Effect. See how many of them you are aware of. Click through our gallery to see all of them.

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The Mandela Effect refers to something which is so widely misremembered that the incorrect version becomes widely accepted as fact. The naming of the phenomenon refers to the fact that a lot of people think that famous South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela died while he was in prison in the 1980s, but in fact he died in 2013 - over two decades after his release.

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