MANDELA EFFECT: REAL VS FAKE BUNNY

You know that creepy phenomenon where some people remember historic events differently than others? Like when people thought the classic kid's book was called the "Berenstein Bears" instead of its actual title, the "Berenstain Bears." Yep, this weird event is called the Mandela Effect.

Basically, the Mandela effect refers to a situation in which a large mass of people believe an event occurred when it did not. The term originated in 2009 by Fiona Broome, after she discovered that she, along with a number of others, believed that Nelson Mandela had died in the 1980s (when he actually died in 2013).

Where does the Mandela effect come from—and why do these strange perceptions of history keep happening?