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What is the Mandela Effect? The history and science of the mind-bending phenomenon

Most people will have experienced the Mandela Effect at some point, have you?

On by Colette Fountain

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The L.A. Clippers put Blake Griffin on a T-shirt alongside Ali, Gandhi, MLK, and Obama

Yikes.

On by Chris Tognotti

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Artist turns world leaders into hipsters

Amit Shimoni may lack originality, but that sure hasn’t stopped him.

On by Miles Klee

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The FBI spied on Nelson Mandela for years

The previously classified papers show that federal agents monitored Mandela well after his release from prison in 1990.

On by Dell Cameron

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The definitive list of places where you can’t take a selfie

One Alabama sorority has reportedly banned selfies for its members, but they’re hardly the first.

On by Molly McHugh

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2013: The year in Instagram photos

Perhaps the best way to recount the past 365 days is to do so via the thing that we so-loved to use when events actually happened: Instagram.

On by Molly McHugh

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Watch the Soweto Gospel Choir’s touching flash mob tribute to Mandela

A day at the grocery store turns into a powerful tribute.

On by Audra Schroeder

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This guy at the Mandela memorial was doing something, but it wasn’t sign language

The Independent has interviewed three sign language experts and the national director of the Deaf Federation of South Africa. 

On by Fernando Alfonso III

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President Obama takes selfie at Nelson Mandela’s memorial

It remains to be seen if “POTUSface” catches on.

On by Audra Schroeder

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No, Kanye West did not call himself the ‘next Nelson Mandela’

This fake newspaper did.

On by Aja Romano

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Nelson Mandela’s digital legacy

Eight digital archives ensure the civil rights leader is never reduced to two dimensions.

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