The Mandela Effect has gone mainstream. Now that the internet is buzzing with wild theories and new examples every day, it's time to go over where the ideas originated, and consider in detail what exactly might be causing it.
- Joe Hutt 0 Comments
What color was John Lennons suit in the "Imagine" video?
MMDE: John Lennons suit was white
Current: John Lennons suit was black
Most people know the John Lennon song "Imagine", and many of those above a certain age also remember the video, where he enters a mansion with Yoko Ono in which a white room contains a white grand piano. He's often appeared in a white suit - a great example being the Abbey Road album, where he wears one on the famous road crossing.
So what color suit was he wearing in the "Imagine" video?
If you thought it was white too, you are experiencing a false memory, because all records today show it was black - with white dots.
- Ray Wu 0 Comments
Something to hide?
MMDE: Cinderella's ears are shown often
Current: Cinderella's ears are not shown
Remember Cinderella? Notice anything unusual about her - in particular, her ears? People are claiming they were never shown in the Disney cartoons, right up to the modern-day Wreck-it Ralph movie - which is all CGI.
In fact here ears weren't shown in earlier depictions of Cinderella, but it's was only really picked up since the Disney films, the first being in 1950.
Cinderela as a story, where the skills and talents of an unknown servant were suddenly brought to light by some wonderful event, can be traced back over 2,000 years.
- Tracy Cooper 0 Comments
First car to hit 100 kph in 1899?
MMDE: Not an electric car
Current: An electric car
When people hear the first car to hit 100 kph was electric in 1899, they think you're joking and might as well have said it was powered by the Flux Capacitor from "Back to the Future".
However, it's true, and it's an example of what some people point to as a Mandela Effect sub class termed "tech before it's time", where inventions which should be much more widely known due to their nature seem to suddenly appear in history from nowhere.
The speed record was achieved at Achères, Yvelines near Paris in France with 105.882 kph. No speeding tickets were issued ;-)
- Cory Grajales 0 Comments
Hyphens or not?
MMDE: Etch-A-Sketch
Current: Etch A Sketch
Many people remember doodling on an Etch-A-Sketch as children, which was launched in the 1960's and became an instant worldwide hit.
The problem is Etch-A-Sketch never existed - it's always been called "Etch A Sketch".
It's officially one one the 100 most memorable toys of the 20th century, according to the National Toy Hall of Fame, so you'd have thought there would be no confusion over how it's name is written. Also, few people realise the 12 second scene in Pixar's Toy Story saved the company in 1995 when it was facing a severe sales decline.
- Ian Scott 0 Comments
We need some toner
MMDE: First Fax sent in 1964
Current: First Fax sent in 1846
Here's a nice head-scratcher - when was the first fax sent?
There are quite a few reports of "tech before it's time" now, where everyday gadgets and tools seem to most people to have only been invented recently. The fax, however, suggests it needs a huge infrastructure of telecoms, protocols, and yes, toner. So when people hear it was 1846 it comes as quite the surprise, so much so that some are pointing to it as a Mandela Effect.
It's actually the first commercial fax, in the form people would today recognise, which was introduced by Xerox in 1964.
Alexander Bain filed a patent in 1843 to transmit an image over wires. He built a machine which did this in 1846. Both stations were only in one room, and involved synchronising pendulums via a clock, but although the resulting transmission was of low quality, it was the first image sent using electricity via wires. In other words, the world's first fax.
- Ray Wu 0 Comments
Happy thanksgiving
MMDE: Stouffers made Stove Top Stuffing
Current: Stouffers did not make Stove Top Stuffing
Ahh thanksgiving ... warm, fond memories of family, turkey and a generous helping of Stouffers Stove Top Stuffing. Hang on - there's something wrong with this picture - can you see what?
If you can't, you may be experiencing a Mandela Effect. because Stouffers never made Stove Top Stuffing.
Stouffers was formed in 1914 in Ohio, and went on to open restaurants and hotels under the same brand name, before becoming best known for its line of frozen foods. It's now owned by Nestlé. But they don't, and never did, Stove Top Stuffing.
- Ray Wu 0 Comments
Found less?
MMDE: Over 300
Current: Under 100
Recent reports that Jupiter now has 79 moons are causing many people to point to this as a Mandela Effect, because they remember NASA announcing there were "over 300" years ago.
The first moons were discovered by Galileo in 1610, hence them being named the "Galilean moons". In fact, people with exceptional eyesight can actually see them unaided due to their size. Ganymede, for example, is larger than Mercury.
Whilst there has always been controversy regarding classifying objects in the solar system - see the great "is Pluto a planet" debate - it seems a far fetch to miscount several hundred moons from the same planet this way.
