Memory, Myth, and Mandela: Understanding Collective Memory Distortions

People have an annoying habit of remembering things they shouldn’t. ― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

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The Mandela Effect refers to a phenomenon where a large group of people remember something in a significantly different way than its actual reality. The phenomenon was named after Nelson Mandela, as a significant number of people believed he died…