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The Mandela Effect: Why Thousands Of People Remember Things That Never Happened

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What Is The Mandela Effect: The Mandela Effect describes a strange situation where many people share the same false memory about an event that never actually occurred.  This phenomenon gets its name from Nelson Mandela, the famous South African leader.  Thousands of people clearly remember him dying in prison during the 1980s, but Mandela actually lived until 2013 and became South Africa's president after his release.