Carmen Sandiego

Carmen Sandiego
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Fictional character Carmen Sandiego rocks a trench coat like nobody’s business as she travels about the globe. The double-breasted coat is a bold red, but there are folks who remember her wearing a yellow version at some point in time. However, there is no visual evidence of this alleged yellow piece of outerwear anywhere online.

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Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze
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Ultimately actor Patrick Swayze passed away in 2009 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was diagnosed 20 months before the disease took his life, but there are plenty of fans who distinctly remember Swayze beating the cancer and going into remission. If only that was the case.

Kazaam

Kazaam
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Didn’t you just love Shaquille O’Neal playing a genie in the movie Shazaam? If so, you’re living in an alternate universe because the former NBA player never appeared in a film by that name. The movie in question was, in fact, titled Kazaam, yet it is incorrectly remembered by, well, mostly everybody.

Internationally movies can have different titles when translated into other languages and these examples are downright surprising.

Sally Field

Sally Field
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In an absolutely notorious acceptance speech, Sally Field is quoted as saying, “You like me, you really like me!” The line has been repeated over and over again. But the actress, who won an Oscar for Places in the Heart, actually said, “I can’t deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me.”

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