What is the Mandela effect?You will understand it with some of the best known examples

The Mandela Effect is the definition we use for memories that never really existed. It is a phenomenon that occurs in thousands of people around the world and whose term was defined by the blogger Fiona Broome.

How was the Mandela Effect born and in which are the most widespread 'false' memories? As the name says, the Mandela Effect is born from the mistaken memory related to the death in prison of the activist. As we said a few lines ago, we are talking about a phenomenon that extends throughout the planet and that in this case left thousands of comments from people who fervently believed they remembered not only Mandela's death in prison, but also his funeral.

That being said, why are some people able to remember events that didn't really happen as if they were yesterday? With such a panorama, theories of all kinds have not taken long to emerge, several of them linking these 'errors' directly to memories of other realities. Others, on the other hand, look to a side much more typical of science fiction, that is, what if we lived in a world more typical of software and these 'memories' were simply glitches?

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Monopoly. Image: iStock

Explained the definition of the Mandela Effect, it is time to move on to the examples, without a doubt the best way to understand this strange phenomenon. Did Mr Monopoly wear a monocle? Some may have confused him with another popular board game character, but the quintessential Monopoly icon never wore a monocle.

Star Wars has become one of the most talked about topics under the Mandela Effect, even among those who have seen the original trilogy hundreds of times. For example, many believe that C-3PO is completely metallic gold, but the truth is that he is not. The lower part of his right leg contains a silver metal plate. Another of the most widespread 'false memories' is related to Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. What does the villain say to the young Skywalker in one of the highlights of The Empire Strikes Back? In everyone's memory the scene is engraved as 'Luke, I am your father'; but you are very wrong. 'No, I am your father' is actually the phrase that Vader passes on to his son.

Cinema is undoubtedly one of the best ways to check whether or not we are suffering from the Mandela Effect. In addition to the cases of Star Wars, among other films, the one related to the film Risky Business is also quite well known. Starring Tom Cruise, the film became popular for the well-known scene in which the young actor danced in his underwear at home. Of course, did he do it with or without sunglasses? In almost everyone's memory we remember good old Cruise with his brand new RayBan glasses, but no, at no time did he wear them during the aforementioned scene.