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American animated sitcom The Simpsons is one of the longest-running shows in the United States. It premiered in 1989 and has broadcast 763 episodes since then. The show focusses on the life of the Simpson family based in the fictional town of Springfield.
The show is quite intriguing, primarily for the reason that it has predicted the future quite accurately. Here’s a look at some instances:
In the ninth season of Simpsons which was aired in 1997, an episode shows Bart Simpson feeling sick with his mother Marge reading a book titled “Curious George and the Ebola Virus”. The virus, which spread in 2000 and again in 2014 was relatively unknown by the time this episode aired.
In the sixth season, an episode titled Lisa’s Wedding shared details about technology in future. It showed a brief moment when Hugh Parkfield talked to his watch, predicting the rise of smartwatches years later.
An episode from 1993 has uncanny similarities surrounding American basketball legend Kobe Bryant’s death and the coronavirus pandemic. Bryant died in a helicopter crash in January 2020 and the Covid pandemic also began around the same year.