For weeks, TikTok has been filled with videos claiming that Macaulay Culkin, the child star of Home Alone, died years ago from a drug overdose. Millions of viewers have been left confused as users insist they vividly remember news reports of his death, only to discover that the actor is very much alive today.
This strange wave of false memories has once again triggered conversations about the Mandela Effect, a psychological phenomenon that causes groups of people to collectively misremember events.
