How the Mandela Effect reveals errors in our geographical memory

 The Mandela Effect is a strange phenomenon that occurs when many people have vivid memories of things, people or events that are different from the actual facts. It can refer to biographies of famous people, historical events, or even movies.

For example, some people are convinced that Nelson Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid activist and president, died in prison in the 1980s, even though he was alive until 2013. The term was coined by Fiona Broome, a researcher of anomalous phenomena, who discovered that she was not the only one who had this false memory.

One of the areas where the Mandela Effect is most noticeable is geography. Many people have erroneous ideas about the location or shape of countries on world maps. They believe that countries used to be in a different place than they are now, or that they had a different size or form.

One example of this is New Zealand. Can you determine its location without looking at the map? Is it in the northeast or southeast of Australia? Or maybe in the west or even in the east?

The correct answer is that New Zealand is in the extreme southeast of Australia, about 1200 miles from the mainland. However, for many people this answer seems to be wrong. They have different ideas about the location of New Zealand, which have been formed since childhood. Some believe that it is located much to the south, while others believe that New Zealand is located almost off the coast of Australia in the northeast....<<<Read More>>>>....