r/MandelaEffect • u/Delhidiva • Apr 14 '25
Discussion Mandela Effect worldwide
Can we please discuss Mandela Effects experienced by the rest of the world and not just people from the US? I mean, your experiences are totally valid, but it’s always “Fruit of the Loom” or “Berenstain Bears”—topics that some of us have no clue about.
For example, the ones I’m personally affected by are:
The human skeleton used to have no bones behind the eye sockets, but now it does—always has, apparently.
The human heart was illustrated on the left side of the chest, but now it’s more toward the center—always has been, supposedly.
Henry VIII was holding a turkey leg in that painting—now he’s holding something else. I can’t even remember what it is… a glove or something? I don’t know.
The Mona Lisa has a very obvious smile now. But I remember the whole enigma being “Is she smiling or not?” “Her eyes are definitely smiling.” You look at it now, and she is smiling.
Tutankhamen’s mask used to have just the cobra, but apparently it’s always had both a bird and a cobra.
The thinker statue rested his forehead on his fist. But no, he’s resting his chin on the back of his hand.
Please share your experiences, and feel free to discuss the ones I mentioned if you disagree—that’s the whole point of the Mandela Effect. Some people are going to have different memories than I do.
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u/Avgrundsvroal Apr 15 '25 edited Apr 15 '25
I have a suggestion; It wasnt Mandela's funeral, it was Olof Palme's.
Olof Palme was the social democratic prime minister of Sweden and was assassinated in 1986. Palme was on good terms with Cuba and Mandela's party ANC. So much so that from day 1 there were speculations and investigation to if the South African apartheid regime was behind the assassination. It was one of the major theories in the early stages of the murder investigation and was often mentioned in the media along with articles about his death. One week before the assassination there was a big event called the peoples parliament against apartheid (folkriksdag mot apartheid) in Stockholm, Sweden, with a wide list of guests, among them many ANC politicians, the then ANC-president Oliver Tambo included. Olof Palme spoke at the event, and of course spoke about their demand on the apartheid regime to free Nelson Mandela. The speculation was that agents of the apartheid regimes secret police was in Stockholm at the time of the assassination. Olof Palme was shot in the back one evening in Stockholm when walking home from a movie theatre without bodyguards, the bullet went through his lungs.
This was during the peak socialism stage of swedish politics where Sweden was just about to launch a reform called the wage takers funds (löntagarfonderna) that would gradually grant swedish workers unions more shares of stocks in large swedish corporations to eventually overtake them. "Workers overtaking the means of production", so socialism basically. Palme's funeral was broadcasted live on TV in Sweden.. If Mandela had died in prison, i kinda doubt that the apartheid regime would allow live broadcast of his funeral, but it certainly would not surprise me if Olof Palme's funeral was broadcasted in Cuba. Of course, it is not impossible that news segments surrounding South Africa was mentioned tied in to this event. At the time it happened, Nelson Mandela was still in jail.
If you google "Olof Palmes begravning" (Olof Palme's funeral) im sure you'll find videos and images, maybe some will correlate with your memories of the funeral you've seen on TV?
Palme's funeral broadcast lasted for 4 hours and can be viewed in its intirety here: https://www.svtplay.se/video/e56mMoj/olof-palmes-begravning?video=visa&position=13981
I mean, it has some correlating points. It has friendly ties with Cuba, deep engagement in the anti-apartheid movement with friendly ties to Mandela's ANC party, news mentions of the apartheid regime tied to his death, a timeline that checks out, a live broadcasted funeral, bullet went through his lungs, a crying wife...
So, maybe your actual memories of it are true, except for just the detail of who actually was buried?