11 times 'The Simpsons' accurately predicted the future
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Nov 10, 2016, 16:01 IST
In a 1998 episode called The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace, Homer Simpson becomes an inventor, and is shown in front of a complicated equation on a blackboard.
According to Simon Singh, author of The Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets, the equation predicts the mass of the Higgs boson particle. It was first predicted in 1964 by Professor Peter Higgs and five other physicists, but it wasn't until 2013 that scientists discovered proof of the Higgs boson in a £10.4 billion ($13 billion) experiment.
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The Lisa's Wedding episode from 1995 came with a lot of unexpected predictions. During Lisa's trip to London, we see a skyscraper behind Tower Bridge that looks eerily similar to The Shard, and is even in the right location. However, construction on the building started in 2009, 14 years later.
In 1994, Lunchlady Doris used assorted horse parts to make lunch for students at Springfield Elementary.
Nine years later, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland found horse DNA in over one third of beefburger samples from supermarkets and ready meals, and pig in 85% of them.
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The Simpsons parodied entertainers Siegfried & Roy in a 1993 episode called $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalised Gambling). During the episode, the magicians are viciously mauled by a trained white tiger while performing in a casino.
In 2003, Roy Horn of Siegfried and Roy was attacked during a live performance by Montecore, one of their white tigers. Roy lived, but sustained severe injuries after the attack.
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In 1991, an episode of The Simpsons saw The Beatles' Ringo Star diligently answering fan mail that had been written decades ago.
In September 2013, two Beatles fans from Essex recieved a reply from Paul McCartney to a letter and recording they sent to the band 50 years ago. The recording was sent to a London theatre the band were due to play at, but was found years later in a car boot sale by a historian.
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An episode from 1990 titled Itchy and Scratchy and Marge showed Springfieldians protesting against Michelangelo's statue of David being exhibited in the local museum, calling the artwork obscene for its nudity.
The satire of censorship came true in July 2016, when Russian campaigners voted on whether or not to clothe a copy of the Rennaicanse statue that had been set up in central St Petersburg.
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In this episode from 1990, Bart catches a three-eyed fish named Blinky in the river by the power plant, which makes local headlines.
More than a decade later, a three-eyed fish was discovered in a reservoir in Argentina. Strangely enough, the reservoir itself was fed by water from a nuclear power plant.
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11. Faulty voting machines — Season 20, Episode 4
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10. The invention of the tomacco plant — Season 11, Episode 5
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9. Ebola outbreak — Season 9, Episode 3
8. The discover of the Higgs boson equation — Season 8, Episode 1
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7. The invention of The Shard — Season 6, Episode 19
6. Robotic librarians — Season 6, Episode 19
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5. Horsemeat scandal — Season 5, Episode 19
4. Siegfried and Roy tiger attack — Season 5, Episode 10
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3. Letter from The Beatles — Season 2, Episode 18
2. The censorship of Michaelangelo's David — Season 2, Episode 9