Fun fact: we all may be victims of a phenomenon affecting our memories. I know, this sounds a little crazy; it's just a fun thing brought up to me the other week by my dad. While I may have initially laughed at him for buying into such a ridiculous conspiracy theory, I decided it could be fun to look into. Turns out, there are quite a few things that are different from how we remember them.

1. Nelson Mandela's death date

Everyone knows about the late South African Hunan rights activist, Nelson Mandela. However, there seems to be some confusion in regard to when he died. There are some people who insist he died in prison back in the 1980s. However, I remember the 2013 news report about his passing. I also remember learning in my history classes that he was released from prison after a number of years, so it's impossible for him to have died their. This discrepancy it's where the Effect gets its name.

2. The Berenstain/Berenstein Bears

This was a pretty popular TV show when I was growing up. The theme song was catchy, and my brothers and I remember the last name was spelled Berenstein. Take a look at any of the books though. The clearly call the family the Berenstain Bears. Either my childhood was a complete lie and I couldn't read as well as I thought, or something definitely changed.

3. The Evil Queen's mirror

This was one of the tests my dad gave me as be tried to convince me of the conspiracy plaguing the world. All he did was ask me, "What was the speech said in Snow White in front of that reflective device?" Without missing a beat, I told him, "Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" That was a pretty easy question seeing as I basically grew up on Disney princess movies. Then my dad told me the line is actually, "Magic mirror on the wall" and apparently that's what's always been said aid in any version and format of the cartoon.

4. Sex In The City

No, I didn't type that wrong. There are fans of the show that insist the title has always been Sex In The City. I've personally never watched it (I'm not exactly what you would call a Sarah Jessica Parker fan), but I've always known the show to be Sex And The City. I mean, depending on one's diction, people could be mistaking on word for the other.

5. JFK

This was another test my dad gave to me; he asked me to tell him, without looking it up, how many people were in the car the day JFK was assassinated. Personally, I remember three - JFK, his wife, and the driver. My dad says he remembers four, but anything he looks up says that there were actually six.

Obviously, there are many more things that are apparently part of the Mandela Effect. Some include the air date of Scooby-Doo (by the way, my dad insists it's 1968), the spelling of Chic-Fil-A, and quite a few celebrity deaths. Like I said earlier, I don't really buy into the notion that all our memories are faulty; this was just something fun to look into after having a good laugh at my dad's gullibility. What do you think though? What are some things that are different that how you remember them?