The phrase “Mandela Effect” originated from the false belief that Nelson Mandela died in jail in the 1980s, although his actual death year was 2013, according to Verywell Mind.
It may be due to our brain’s propensity to construct logical stories from disparate pieces of data, according to experts in the area.
“With the Mandela Effect, people are often remembering things the way they think they should be rather than they actually are –
because we just process things very quickly in everyday life,” says cognitive and parapsychological researcher Neil Dagnall, who spoke to CNN.
