{"id":14415,"date":"2016-05-01T06:24:14","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T10:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=14415"},"modified":"2016-05-01T06:24:14","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T10:24:14","slug":"did-you-know-theres-a-term-for-when-youre-totally-positive-something-happened-even-though-it-didnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=14415","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know There\u2019s A Term For When You\u2019re Totally Positive Something Happened Even Though It Didn\u2019t?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s called the \u201cMandela Effect,\u201d and a lot of people think it\u2019s proof of an alternate universe.<\/b><\/h3>\n

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The Mandela Effect<\/a> is a theory put forth by writer and \u201cparanormal consultant\u201d Fiona Broome<\/a> that shared false memories are in fact glimpses into parallel worlds with different timelines.<\/h2>\n
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Broome says that the origin of her theory came out of a discussion about whether or not Nelson Mandela died in prison. Naturally, this happened backstage at Dragon*Con.<\/h2>\n
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Many people who believe in the theory insist that the popular children\u2019s book series The Berenstain Bears<\/i> was once known as The Berenstein Bears<\/i><\/a>.<\/h2>\n
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Random House<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And that there are either 51 or 52 states<\/a> in the United States, not 50.<\/h2>\n
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Most of the people who believe this happen to be from other countries around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Or that Scotland and Wales were once much smaller<\/a> than they are today, and that Wales bordered Scotland on the east.<\/h2>\n
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Others insist that they have memories<\/a> of New Zealand, Australia, Sri Lanka, Honduras, and other places being at different places on the globe.<\/h2>\n
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Some say they remember Hurricane Katrina hitting New Orleans in April 2005<\/a> rather than August 2005.<\/h2>\n
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Which doesn\u2019t really make sense if you know anything about hurricanes, but hey, maybe weather just works very differently on parallel earths.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Some recall that the Columbine massacre happened in 1996<\/a>, not 1999.<\/h2>\n
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A lot of people believe that the \u201ctank man\u201d in Tiananmen Square was run over by a tank, though he was not.<\/h2>\n
youtube.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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People have some pretty vivid \u201cmemories\u201d of him getting crushed by a tank, though.<\/h2>\n
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Via mandelaeffect.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A bunch of people remember there being a different Disney World in the Orlando region<\/a> that was used as a beta test for the real park.<\/h2>\n
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True to the origin of its name, most Mandela Effect believers have memories of people dying at a time other than what has happened in \u201cour timestream.\u201d<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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They get confused about when people like Dom DeLuise, Dick Clark, and Ernest Borgnine really died<\/a>.<\/h2>\n
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Some have memories of Patrick Swayze making a full recovery<\/a> from cancer rather than dying in 2009.<\/h2>\n
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Some swear that Muhammed Ali died<\/a>, though he\u2019s still with us.<\/h2>\n
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Broome herself insists that she remembers Billy Graham\u2019s funeral<\/a> being televised simultaneously on many networks around 2009, though he\u2019s still alive today.<\/h2>\n
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Mario Tama \/ Getty<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Some people believe Neil Armstrong died a year before he actually did in 2013<\/a>, and that he made a reference to someone named \u201cMr. Gorsky\u201d<\/a> while on his voyage to the moon.<\/h2>\n
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Others remember that Henry Winkler died during the filming of Happy Days<\/i><\/a>, though he\u2019s still alive and working as an actor.<\/h2>\n
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Those people probably never saw Arrested Development<\/i>?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Some people remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. being killed with a handgun at close range<\/a>, rather than a rifle from a distance.<\/h2>\n
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It\u2019s not just events. Sometimes they insist that common spelling errors are a sign that the word is simply spelled differently in another dimension.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Some believe that the word dilemma used to be spelled with an N<\/a>.<\/h2>\n
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And that there is another world where it is correct to spell definitely with an A<\/a>.<\/h2>\n
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And another where it\u2019s OK to spell Parmesan with an E<\/a>.<\/h2>\n
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They also think that pronunciation shifts<\/a> \u2014 or people learning how to pronounce a word correctly \u2014 is evidence of an incursion from another timeline.<\/h2>\n
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Via reddit.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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At least a couple believe that the color chartreuse was \u201cmore of a maroon\u201d<\/a> instead of a bright yellow-green.<\/h2>\n
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Some believers in the Mandela Effect remember things that are extremely specific<\/a> to their own lives.<\/h2>\n
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Like, really, really, really specific<\/a> memories.<\/h2>\n
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People say they remember all kinds of odd moments in entertainment, such as the character Chakotay being killed off<\/a> in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager<\/i> only to come back with no explanation a few episodes later.<\/h2>\n
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Broome says she asked Robert Beltran, the actor who played the role, about it, and he told her that a story involving his character\u2019s death was never written or filmed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Some insist that the show Ghost Hunters<\/i> was called TAPS<\/i><\/a>.<\/h2>\n
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TAPS is the name of the stars\u2019 investigative group, The Atlantic Paranormal Society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And apparently there\u2019s another timeline where Katy Perry is known as\u2026 KATE PERRY<\/a>.<\/h2>\n
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