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   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   no_offline_contact@example.com wrote:   
   >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?   
      
   No, Blinkie(?) was always three-eyed.   
      
   >> #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 y   
   t-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   
   >>   
   >> It is known to most of us that the hilarious and tragic Miss Universe mix up   
   >> that happened in 2015 was a surprise to everybody watching the show. Well,   
      
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