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Who among us is great in predicting the future?
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Is it the Mayans?(an ancient Maya civilization.)
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or Nostradamus? (a French astrologer and physician.)
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or probably the well-known cartoon show, The Simpsons?
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This cartoon show is not only the longest
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or the oldest animated sitcom that is broadcasted on Television
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but it is also known as one of the best shows of all times.
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Aside from its entertaining stories, did you know...
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that it has also predicted a lot of big events?
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Many of its stories are seriously terrifying because...
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the details in the show are clear and accurate to the events that happened years after in real life.
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In this video, I'll present you the events predicted by the cartoon show entitled "The Simpsons".
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First in our list is when The Simpsons predicted the presidency of Mr. Donald Trump in the USA.
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Many of the scenes of the future shown in The Simpsons are unbelievable,
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however, the presidency of Trump happened to be accurate.
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The character that looks like Mr. Trump is shown as the president
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of the USA in the episode of Bart to the Future that is released in year 2000.
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And after several years, the investor and reality TV personality, Donald Trump, won the election for presidency in USA.
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Because of this event, "The Simpsons" seemed to be a fortuneteller.
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But honestly, there's a possibility that the cartoon creators chose
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Trump's character to be a president in the said episode
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is because of the character of Biff Tannen.
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Biff Tannen is the antagonist in the Back To The Future film
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which is inspired in the real-life Donald Trump.
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The episodes of The Simpsons were usually based in some movies,
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yet, these coincidences are still somehow shocking.
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Next in our list is about technology...
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it is the facetime, or what The Simpsons called as "Picture Phones".
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This episode occured in Season 6: Episode 19 in year 1995,
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and in this scene, Lisa visited a fortuneteller
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wherein she was brought 15 years into the future.
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She was talking with Marge using a video chat feature of her cellphone
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that they used to call a "Picture Phone".
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If you can remember, we only started using this feature in 2010
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and what's amazing is that it was already predicted by The Simpsons in 1995.
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The next prediction from The Simpsons is also from the recently mentioned episode.
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In this scene, they showed a gadget that is similar to a smart watch of the present.
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It is shown that Lisa's fiancé is using a strange watch to call.
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And after so many years, Samsung, Apple and other brands finally created
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their own designs of smart watch.
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It was released to the public since 2014
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and it is still enjoyed by many in the present.
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The fourth in our list is the concept of the famous GoPro camera
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which is also first showcased in the cartoon show.
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This GoPro is a small camera that can fit in a cap, helmet,
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or anywhere we want to hide.
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In the Season 5: Episode 13 in year 1994, we can see Homer
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being included in an investigation where he had to use a hidden camera
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to catch a store that sells expired meat.
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The host of Channel 6 Investigative News Team, Kent Brockman,
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is the one who gave Homer a huge hat with a little camera inside.
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We all know that only GoPro and action cameras will fit in it.
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After almost 20 years, the GoPro and action cameras were finally introduced to the public.
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This is the type of cameras to be attached to our gears
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to capture extreme sports and activities like swimming,
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travelling, biking, and running.
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Number 5. If we had mentioned good technologies a while ago,
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The Simpsons also predicted disappointing technologies that also happened.
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In 2008, Season 20: Episode 4, a presidential election occurred.
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Homer wanted to vote Barack Obama, however, the voting machine seemed broken.
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Four years have passed and in 2012, the same incident happened.
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It was caught in a video and was posted in YouTube that gained million views.
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There's an inaccurate touchscreen voting machine in Pennsylvania
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wherein once the voter click Obama's name, Mitt Romney's name will appear on the screen.
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Number 6. Let's move away from technology.
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In 2010, The Simpsons also predicted the Nobel Prize winner.
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The Nobel Prize is given to people with great contribution
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to the development of human knowledge.
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In Season 22: Episode 1, in a betting game, a character named Milhouse
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said that Bengt Holmstrom will win the Nobel Prize in Economics.
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After 6 years, Bengt Holmstrong really won the Nobel Price in 2016.
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Number 7. They also predicted something about sports.
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In 2014, FIFA sought help from Homer to restore their image.
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Together with this, they requested Homer to be a referee in the World Cup in Brazil.
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It is shown in this episode that the FIFA officials were arrested
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for corruption and no name was mentioned in the episode. In real life,
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a year has passed and there was an actual corruption occured in FIFA
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which includes their confession to corruption and accepting bribes.
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The Simpsons also foresaw that the Germany will win against Brazil in 2014 World Cup Finals.
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Next in the list is the proof that the creators and writers of The Simpsons
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are also mathematicians. Homer discovered the formula of
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Higgs Boson's mass before anyone actually knew.
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For those who didn't know, Higgs Boson is also known as the "God particle",
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which is the reason why we were made in this world.
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The God particle was a laughing stock in the ancient times because
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it was extremely impossible for this to exist. However, after decades had passed,
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science had proven the existence of the "God particle".
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In 1998, Season 10: Episode 2, Homer became an inventor
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and in front of him is a chalkboard where he was writing a complicated mathematical equation.
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It may be unbelievable but that equation predicted the mass of Higgs Boson or "God particle".
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These events are extremely amusing. But did you know...
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that the writers of The Simpsons had a book entitled
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"The Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets".
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The 9th in our list is when the Simpsons had foreseen Ebola Virus in 1997.
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In Season 9: Episode 3, it is shown that Marge is concerned with Bart
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who is sick and sad. Marge offered to read him a book
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and it shows that it is entitled "Curious George and the Ebola Virus".
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This episode became viral in the internet as a lot claims that Simpsons foresaw
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the occurrence of Ebola outbreak that happened in 2014 in America.
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Number 10. The show had a prediction about the financial crisis faced by Greece.
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In Season 23: Episode 10 (2012), Homer appeared in the television
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as a guest commentator in a program called Head Butt.
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Look clearly on the headlines appearing on the screen,
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it says that "Europe puts Greece on eBay".
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After 3 years had passed in real life,
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Greece actually experienced an economic crisis.
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Number 11 is a horrific event.
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In Season 5: Episode 10 (1993), where Mr. Burn opened a casino,
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including two German magicians, Gunther and Ernst,
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and their longtime running show that ended in tragedy
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wherein they were attacked by their tiger.
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Unfortunately, after 10 years in real life, Roy Horn who was the
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inspiration for Gunther and Ernst in The Simpsons,
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was also attacked by an animal in Las Vegas.
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Due to this, some parts of his body were paralyzed that brought their 13-year production show to an end.
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Number 12. Did you know that the acquisition of Fox Ent. by Disney were also predicted by The Simpsons?
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It can be seen in Season 10: Episode 5 (1998) that
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Director Howard gave Homer's screenplay to producer Brian Grazer
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of 20th Century Fox. That's why if you look clearly
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at what is written on the signage. It is seen that the poster of 20th Centure Fox has
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"A Division of Walt Disney Company".
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And after almost 20 years, the Disney and Fox deal was confirmed at 50 billion dollars.
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Lastly, The Simpsons predicted in 9/11/1997
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and actually happened in 2001. For those who don't know about 9/11,
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it is the day of the horrible terrorism in America.
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Some of the YouTube users discovered the hints.
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In Season 9: Episode 1, an advertisement of bus ticket to New York is shown.
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A ticket has a value of 9 dollars that is near the image of the shadows
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of two tall buildings that looks like number 11.
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If we're going to read, we'll see "New York, 9 & 11",
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which is the same date and place where the terrorism happened.
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So, here's where the video ends.
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Once again, thank you so much and now taking a leave, Dokumentador. (See you again!)
