Does life imitate art? Does Bart imitate life? Does Homer know more than he’s letting on?? Despite being a work of fiction and, yes, a cartoon, in 34 years on the air The Simpsons seem to have predicted the future a truly astounding number of times. We’ve all heard that truth is stranger than fiction, but is it possible that our most absurd and speculative fiction could come true?
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History's Most Famous Fortune Tellers And Their Predictions - WorldAtlas
The Simpsons: number of viewers in the U.S. 2000-2022 - Statista
Predictions from 'The Simpsons' Can Actually Be Explained - Matt Shore - Feb 4, 2023
‘The Simpsons’ Has Predicted a Lot… - Maya Salam - The New York Times - Feb. 2, 2018
The Simpsons Predictions: 30 Times the Fox Show Forecasted the Future – The Hollywood Reporter
Siegfried and Roy… Tiger Attack? - Alanna Nash - Reader's Digest - Feb. 27, 2023
10 Predictions From 'The Simpsons' That Came True - Collider - Nov 28, 2022
Richard Branson’s Space Voyage Predicted… - Matt Grobar - Deadline - Jul 15, 2021
Everything The Simpsons Has Predicted in 2022 and Beyond - Esquire
Deformed Fruit Reportedly Around Nuke Plant - Kevin Dolak - Jul 18, 2013
The Simpsons Discovered the Higgs Boson Particle... - Nolan Feeney - Time - Mar 4, 2015
Did ‘The Simpsons’ predict Ted Cruz’s Cancun… -Hannah Sparks - New York Post - Feb 19, 2021
A Brief History of Ted Cruz’s One-Sided Obsession With The Simpsons - Vanity Fair - Feb 22, 2018
Simpsons Writer Has Explanation... - Stephen Porzio - Joe Magazine
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