24. Does America have 50 or 52 states?

A common case of misconception, as others would have it, is that there are 52 states in the US. Some individualsadmit to being perplexed by this information that has been wrong all along! They remember being taught in school that the US has 52 states which is actually false and was never the case. Taking the federal capital District of Columbia and Puerto Rico out of the equation, there are only 50 states, unless it was a different story in a parallel world. Reference.com clarifies that DC is not a state and Puerto Rico is an unincorporated US territory.

25. The Mysterious Tale of Pikachu’s Tail

Was Pikachu’s tail always without the black tip? A lot of people remember the most popular Pokémon character that way—all yellow—as seen on Pokemon.com. A theory explaining this Mandela Effect involves the many fans who get a kick out of altering Pikachu’s look in their art work, frequently focusing on its tail. This altered look may have messed with people’s memory of the character’s actual appearance. Other fans do not think so, as they have a vivid recollection of the black tail tip. Well, who knows, they must have been watching the world-famous anime in an alternate universe!