Mind-Bending Examples Of The Mandela Effect That Will Make You Question Everything

[Kyng]

I'm sure I recall hearing about generals in World War II saying "don't call me Shirley" in order to rebuke people who questioned their orders.

However, I later discovered that the phrase originated from the 1980 movie Airplane! (of all things) - so, that would have been impossible . (As an off-topic aside, this line suffered from a case of "Seinfeld is Unfunny" for me: when I saw the movie, and heard this line being used in it, it came off to me as a boring cliché, since I was unaware that this movie was the one that originated it !)

[Kyng]

I'm sure I remember Sir Bobby Charlton passing away a few years ago. But, it turns out he didn't: at time of writing, he's still alive and well .

[Kyng]

Another football one .

I'm pretty sure I remember reading that Switzerland had reached the final of the World Cup before (maybe in the 1950s or 1960s). However, when I look at a table now, it turns out that they never did!

(Switzerland did host the tournament in 1954, and Sweden reached the final in 1958... so, perhaps I was just getting confused somewhere along the line !!!!)

[Kyng]

I'm sure I remember reading that Roger Lloyd-Pack played the grandfather in Outnumbered. He didn't (that was David Ryall), but I'm curious as to where I got this untruth from!

(The only connection I can think of is that they both died in 2014 - but they did so at opposite ends of the year, so I probably wouldn't be getting them mixed up because of that )

[Detective Osprey]

Idk if I’ve posted this before. But I could’ve SWORN I’ve been to a ghost town called Shamrock, as part of one of my dad’s photo shoots. My dad doesn’t remember it. I don’t know but it might be a false memory? It’s very weird.

[Kyng]

Idk if I’ve posted this before. But I could’ve SWORN I’ve been to a ghost town called Shamrock, as part of one of my dad’s photo shoots. My dad doesn’t remember it. I don’t know but it might be a false memory? It’s very weird.

Was it this Shamrock?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamrock,_Oklahoma

It's not quite a ghost town (it does still have a small number of people living there) - but, it has some of the characteristics of one. It boomed in the early 20th century due to oil - but now, many of those people have moved away, and it has a lot of abandoned/derelict buildings.

[Kyng]

Another one: I'm sure I remember hearing about the death of Willie Nelson a few years back.

But, fortunately, I can't have done - because he's still alive and well today .

[Kyng]

My latest example: I'm sure I remember hearing that David Richards (the former team principal of the Benetton and BAR Formula One teams) had died some time around 2020.

Fortunately, he hasn't: at time of writing, he's still alive and well, and serving as the chairman of Prodrive .

[Detective Osprey]

I'm not sure if this is an example but...
I could've sworn I learned this in school as part of vocab / spelling, but I thought "segueway" was a word.

I try to look it up but apparently, it's a misspelling?! 
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/segueway

Was my teacher lying or am I forgetting something?? Is it a false memory, perhaps?

So weird. Not sure where else to post this though.

[Kyng]

I'm not sure if this is an example but...
I could've sworn I learned this in school as part of vocab / spelling, but I thought "segueway" was a word.

I try to look it up but apparently, it's a misspelling?! 
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/segueway

Was my teacher lying or am I forgetting something?? Is it a false memory, perhaps?

So weird. Not sure where else to post this though.

Well, you're not alone... I used to spell it as 'segway' . (I eventually saw 'segue' written down, but I thought it was an entirely different word... it was a while before I realised they were both the same word !)