Mavis Beacon isn’t a real person, but “many consumers have reported confabulations (i.e. false memories) of Mavis Beacon winning typing contests or appearing on talk shows.”
Other good inadvertent headcanon stories? Bernstein Bears, I guess, but that’s kinda boring—what else?
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Not sure if it counts, but it reminds me of the Bailey’s Irish Cream origin story, where the whole backstory and Bailey’s family history was fabricated by the marketer-inventor:
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I feel like something really weird like this happened around the Aunt Jemima syrup brand earlier this year
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I'm sure you know this but just in case: this is sometimes called the Mandela Effect. Google turns up lots of great examples with that term.
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This is strange and interesting but maybe not exactly what you're talking about. ourcommunitynow.com/film/sinbads-s
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Also *Berenstain