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   On 2019-06-04 7:09 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > You never really know what the future holds, so there is really no need to   
   > worry since none of us can really tell what will happen next. Unless, you are   
   > one of the creators of Inspector Gadget, The Simpsons, Family Guy, or   
   > Futurama. Because if that's the case, you know exactly what will happen next,   
   > and you probably can't wait to illustrate it and put in on your show. This   
   > list compiled by Bored Panda, shares all of the times the creators of these   
   > iconic shows have accidentally predicted how the future will look like, and   
   > some are surprisingly accurate.   
   >    
   > #1 Donald Trump's Presidency   
   >    
   > In 2000, 16 years before the actual announcement, The Simpsons had already   
   > predicted that Donald Trump will run for president and they even managed to   
   > predict that he will win. We still have time to see if Lisa's words hold true   
   > once Trump's presidency is over.   
   >    
   > #2 Faulty Voting Machine   
   >    
   > This one surprised many as The Simpsons managed to almost identically predict   
   > the future. Back in 2008, Homer was illustrated voting for Obama during the   
   > election but the vote automatically changing for Mitt Romney. 4 years later,   
   > the exact same thing happened in Pennsylvania where a faulty machine had to   
   > be removed because of changing people's votes for Mitt Romney.   
   >    
   > #3 The Prediction Of Higgs Boson Or "God Particle"   
   >    
   > Back in 2012, physicists confirmed the existence of the Higgs Boson also   
   > known as the "God particle". This scientific breakthrough helped explain how   
   > everything in the universe has mass. The discovery itself is amazing but what   
   > is even better is the fact that 14 years before this happened, Homer was   
   > illustrated in front of a blackboard with an equation that actually predicted   
   > the mass of the yet-to-be-discovered particle which basically means Homer was   
   > the first scientist to share any info on Higgs Boson.   
   >    
   > #4 Three-Eyed Fish   
   > Three-Eyed Fish   
   >    
   > The iconic three-eyed fish was a symbol throughout The Simpsons of the   
   > massive pollution the town was facing and how badly it affects nature.   
   > Funnily (or sadly) enough, a similar fish was found in Argentina near a   
   > nuclear power plant.   
   >    
   I thought the Simpsons depicted a fish with FIVE eyes, not three? Or    
   maybe they did both. Has anyone found a fish with five eyes yet?   
      
   > #5 Disney Buying 20th Century Fox   
   > Disney Buying 20th Century Fox   
   >    
   > Back in 1998, the creators of The Simpsons showed Homer creating the script.   
   > This script was produced by 20th Century Fox but in the episode, you can   
   > notice that there's a sign in front of the studio's headquarters that says "a   
   > division of Walt Disney Co." In fact, Disney did actually purchase 20th   
   > Century Fox for $52.4 billion 19 years later.   
   >    
   > #6 Nobel Prize Winner   
   > Nobel Prize Winner   
   >    
   > In one of their episodes, The Simpsons showed Milhouse betting on MIT   
   > professor Bengt Holmström to win the Nobel Prize. Surprisingly, he did win   
   > after 6 years.   
   >    
   > #7 White Tiger Attack   
   > Back in 1993, The Simpsons mocked Siegfried & Roy by showing them getting   
   > mauled by their white tiger. The same thing happened in real life 10 years   
   > later.   
   >    
   > #8 Got Season 8 Plot Twist   
   >    
   > Many were surprised that the unimaginable Game of Thrones Season 8 plot twist   
   > was actually already predicted by The Simpsons. I guess we should thank The   
   > Simpsons for the spoiler or you can thank us if you still didn't watch the   
   > last season and came to read this list.   
   > #9 Caitlyn Jenner's Transition   
   >    
   > Many years before the actual transition, Family Guy already illustrated Bruce   
   > Jenner in a rather feminine manner. In one of the series, Stewie describes   
   > Bruce as a "beautiful Dutch woman". In another episode, the yet-to-transition   
   > Bruce is illustrated dancing on stage for men in the navy. When these   
   > episodes were released, nobody thought they would soon call him Caitlyn.   
   > Creators of the show denied any further comment on why they decided to   
   > portray Bruce the way they did.   
   >    
   > #10 Smartwatches   
   >    
   > Back in 1995, The Simpsons showed one of their characters wearing a watch   
   > that you can also use as a phone. It took 20 years for the actual Apple Watch   
   > to be released.   
   >    
   And Dick Tracy did it in comic books when I was a kid, long before The    
   Simpsons ever aired. There were also Dick Tracy cartoons if I remember    
   correctly.   
      
   > #11  The Censorship Of Michelangelo's David   
   >    
   > Residents of St. Petersburg were very unhappy when a replica of   
   > Michelangelo's David was placed in St. Anne’s Lutheran Church in central   
   St.   
   > Petersburg. One woman has even written a letter asking for the sculpture to   
   > be censored. “How could you put this bloke without any trousers in the   
   center   
   > of St Petersburg next to a school and church?” the woman wrote in a letter.   
   > In order to turn something negative into a positive, local authorities then   
   > started an initiative called "Dress David" where people voted on how the   
   > replica could be censored. There was an option "leave it as it is" and since   
   > this story happened back in 2016 and nobody talked about it ever since, there   
   > is a big chance that the sculpture remained uncensored although during the   
   > voting period, David was just covered in black tape. How rude!   
   > #12 Virtual Reality   
   >    
   > Although many tried to illustrate what our future entertainment would look   
   > like, Futurama's creators were the ones who perfectly predicted how virtual   
   > reality would look and what we will use it for.   
   >    
   > #13 Lady Gaga's Performance At The Super Bowl   
   >    
   > The iconic Lady Gaga's Super Bowl performance was actually first performed 5   
   > years earlier in Springfield where Lady Gaga, just like in the Super Bowl,   
   > was flying through the air while singing.   
   >    
   > #14 Horse Meat Scandal   
   >    
   > In the 1994 episode of the "Simpsons", the lunch lady known as Doris was   
   > using "assorted horse parts" while preparing meals for high school students   
   > of Springfield Elementary. Then nine years after the episode aired, a huge   
   > scandal happened when Ireland's Food Safety Authority found horse DNA in over   
   > one-third of the beefburger samples from supermarkets and ready meals, and   
   > pork in 85% of them.   
   >    
   > #15 Miss Universe Mix Up   
   >    
      
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