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[man] There was,
like, some mass hysteria relating to Mavis Beacon, where a lot of people thought
that they remembered her being on talk shows. 1988 was such a great,
great year for you. [man] And, like,
receiving awards, like Nobel Peace Prizes
and shit, but, yeah, that wasn't, uh,
that wasn't real. She's not real. [Olivia]
"Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing's" popularity skyrocketed
and by the early '90s that people began experiencing
a collective Mandela effect. I'm like, "Mandela effect? What the heck is
a Mandela effect?" Some people have
a very distinct memory that Nelson Mandela was killed
in prison in the late 1980s. So that was the first recorded
group remembering of an event that did not
match the historical record. Wait, wait! [mysterious music playing]
like, some mass hysteria relating to Mavis Beacon, where a lot of people thought
that they remembered her being on talk shows. 1988 was such a great,
great year for you. [man] And, like,
receiving awards, like Nobel Peace Prizes
and shit, but, yeah, that wasn't, uh,
that wasn't real. She's not real. [Olivia]
"Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing's" popularity skyrocketed
and by the early '90s that people began experiencing
a collective Mandela effect. I'm like, "Mandela effect? What the heck is
a Mandela effect?" Some people have
a very distinct memory that Nelson Mandela was killed
in prison in the late 1980s. So that was the first recorded
group remembering of an event that did not
match the historical record. Wait, wait! [mysterious music playing]
Full Transcript
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[man] There was,
like, some mass hysteria
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relating to Mavis Beacon,
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where a lot of people thought
that they remembered
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her being on talk shows.
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1988 was such a great,
great year for you.
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[man] And, like,
receiving awards,
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like Nobel Peace Prizes
and shit,
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but, yeah, that wasn't, uh,
that wasn't real.
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She's not real.
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[Olivia]
"Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing's"
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popularity skyrocketed
and by the early '90s
00:00:22.988 --> 00:00:25.991
that people began experiencing
a collective Mandela effect.
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I'm like, "Mandela effect?
00:00:28.761 --> 00:00:31.665
What the heck is
a Mandela effect?"
00:00:31.764 --> 00:00:34.534
Some people have
a very distinct memory
00:00:34.634 --> 00:00:39.172
that Nelson Mandela was killed
in prison in the late 1980s.
00:00:39.272 --> 00:00:43.543
So that was the first recorded
group remembering
00:00:43.643 --> 00:00:47.999
of an event that did not
match the historical record.
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Wait, wait!
00:00:48.881 --> 00:00:51.117
[mysterious music playing]
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Movie Summary
Investigates the disappearance and reexamines the legacy of one of the most influential Black women in technology.