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‘The Simpsons’ predicted the Walt Disney Co. buying 20th Century Fox in the season 10 episode “When You Dish Upon a Star”, which aired in 1998. Nineteen years later, Disney now owns the show! (Courtesy of FOX)
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In the season 11 episode “Bart to the Future”, aired in 2000, Lisa Simpson becomes president when she’s an adult. She’s taking over the office from President Donald Trump. (Courtesy of FOX)
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“Lisa’s Wedding” is a classic episode from season 6, back in 1995. In the episode, Lisa has a dream about getting engaged to a wealthy classmate she meets in college. They talk to each other on phone watches — 20 years before the Apple Watch debuted. (Courtesy of FOX)
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In “Lisa’s Wedding”, Lisa visits her fiancé’s family in England, and calls home via a video chat on her phone. Looks a lot like FaceTime! (Courtesy of FOX)
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The season 6 episode “Lisa on Ice” lampoons the early Apple device, the Newton, and accidentally predicts autocorrect. Kearney asks Dolph to jot down a memo to “beat up Martin,” but it autocorrects to “eat up Martha.” (Courtesy of FOX)
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In the season 6 episode “Bart Carny”, aired in 1998, the kids’ favorite thing to do at the county fair is the “Yard Work Simulator.” The VR device lets them farm and do chores. FarmVille much? (Courtesy of FOX)
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This might be the craziest one. At one point, Homer becomes a genius, and the equation is casually writes on the chalkboard happens to be for the Higgs Boson, an equation not proven for 12 years — aka the “God Particle.” (Courtesy of FOX)
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In the season 23 episode “Lisa Goes Gaga” from 2012, Lady Gaga comes to Springfield. Her concert routine is eerily similar to her Super Bowl halftime show from 2017, including flying over the crowd. (Courtesy of FOX)
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This one is so randomly crazy. In the season 22 episode “Elementary School Musical” from 2010, Lisa, Milhouse and Database have a Nobel Prize Betting Pool. Milhouse chooses MIT professor Bengt Holmström, who won in 2016. (Courtesy of FOX)
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In ‘The Simpsons Movie’ from 2007, they joke about the NSA listening in on their conversations. This is six years before Edward Snowden revealed the NSA was actually doing just that.
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Gunter and Ernst, ‘The Simpsons’ version of Siegfried and Roy, are mauled by their tigers in the 1993, season 10 episode “$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)” at Mr. Burns’ casino. Ten years later, the real-life Roy was attacked onstage by a tiger and is now partially paralyzed. (Courtesy of FOX)
