Thousands of people confidently remember Nelson Mandela dying in prison during the 1980s. They recall seeing funeral footage, news coverage, and even his widow’s speech. The only problem is none of this happened. Mandela was released from prison in 1990 and became South Africa’s president, dying peacefully in 2013. This widespread false memory gave the […]

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