The Simpsons finally solves Homer mystery that's been puzzling fans since first episode 35 years ago

The Simpsons, nan longest-running animated bid successful history, has garnered a estimation for its uncanny expertise to foretell nan future. 

In a astonishing move of events, different seemingly far-fetched foretelling will travel to life tonight. 

It was backmost successful 1996 erstwhile an section of The Simpsons featured a joke wherever Cypress Hill believed they had mistakenly booked nan London Symphony Orchestra whilst nether nan influence.

Fast guardant to tonight, and that joke becomes a reality astatine nan Royal Albert Hall, where fans tin watch nan California corporate play songs from their 90s medium Black Sunday and different hits alongside nan LSO.

Cypress Hill said: 'We are thrilled to beryllium performing pinch nan London Symphony Orchestra successful specified a prestigious venue arsenic nan Royal Albert Hall. It's a dream travel true, a collaboration only The Simpsons could person predicted.' 

As fans eagerly expect this unsocial collaboration, let's return a look astatine immoderate of nan astir eerie predictions from The Simpsons that person travel existent complete nan years, from AI robots' takeover to Donald Trump moving for U.S. presidency... twice.

1. Donald Trump moving for U.S. presidency and 2024 campaign

Perhaps 1 of nan astir celebrated predictions was successful nan show's 2000 section "Bart to nan Future."

Lisa Simpson becomes President of nan United States and references nan presidency of Donald Trump. 

Sixteen years later, Trump was elected arsenic nan 45th President of nan United States, making this 1 of nan astir celebrated predictions from nan show, and now speculation mounts astir Trump's existent 2024 run.

In nan aforesaid episode, Homer Simpson tin beryllium seen flying past a advertisement successful nan background, which reads: "Trump 2024." It whitethorn beryllium purely coincidence - but this occurred earlier Trump was ever president. 

2. AI robots' takeover 

In nan 2012 section of play 23, titled "Them, Robot," Homer loses his occupation astatine nan atomic works aft his employer Mr. Burns replaces each members of unit pinch robots.

Over 2 decades on, nan world has seen a accelerated improvement of artificial intelligence, resulting in robots serving arsenic waiters successful Japan along with self-driving Tesla cars. 

3. Ebola outbreak 

In a segment from nan 1997 episode, "Lisa's Sax," Marge Simpson tin beryllium seen holding a book titled "Curious George and nan Ebola Virus."

Although Ebola was first discovered successful 1976, Ebola had its largest outbreak connected grounds successful 2014 and 2015, which resulted successful complete 11,000 deaths crossed nan globe.

4. Smartwatches 

In nan section "Lisa's Wedding," which aired successful 1995, characters are seen utilizing watch-like devices to communicate. 

This prediction came existent pinch nan advent of smartwatches for illustration nan Apple Watch and different wearable tech. 

5. The FIFA corruption scandal 

In nan 2014 episode, "You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee," Homer becomes a referee astatine nan World Cup and exposes corruption wrong nan shot organisation. 

A twelvemonth aft nan section aired, a real-life ungraded erupted involving apical FIFA officials being indicted for corruption and bribery. 

6. Disney buying 20th Century Fox 

In "When You Dish Upon a Star," which was aired successful 1998, a motion reference "20th Century Fox, a Division of Walt Disney Co." appears.

Just nether a decade later, successful 2017, Disney announced its acquisition of 21st Century Fox successful a $52.4 cardinal deal, bringing nan eerie prediction to fruition.

7. Lady Gaga's Super Bowl performance 

In nan 2012 episode, "Lisa Goes Gaga," nan Bad Romance vocalist performs a performance that progressive being suspended successful nan air.

During nan Super Bowl LI halftime show successful 2017, Lady Gaga made a expansive entrance: descending from nan stadium tile trapeze-style while singing, mirroring her capacity successful nan animated series.

7. Faulty voting machines successful nan U.S. election  

In nan "Treehouse of Horror XIX" episode, aired successful 2008, Homer attempts to ballot for Barack Obama, but nan voting instrumentality many times registers his ballot for John McCain.

In nan 2012 United States statesmanlike election, location were reports of ballot machines flipping votes from Obama to Mitt Romney successful nan authorities of Pennsylvania, which resulted successful a instrumentality being removed from voting booths. 

8. Nobel Prize winner

In nan 2010 section "The Simpsons," Milhouse predicts that Bengt. R. Holmström will triumph nan Nobel Peace Prize successful Economics. 

In 2016, Holmström, alongside chap economist Oliver Hart, won nan prestigious grant for their activity connected improving nan creation of contracts and nan deals that hindrance together employers and their workers, according to The New York Times. 

9. Siegfried & Roy tiger attack 

In nan section "$pringfield," which was aired successful 1993, a achromatic tiger attacks a brace of fictional magicians named Gunter and Ernst. 

In 2003, Roy Horn of nan celebrated duo Siegfried & Roy was near partially paralysed and confined to a wheelchair aft being attacked by Montecore, a 400-pound achromatic Bengal tiger, during a unrecorded performance.

The legendary magician later died aged 75 of complications from nan coronavirus successful a Las Vegas infirmary successful 2020. 

10. Video calling

In nan 1995 episode, "Lisa's Wedding," characters usage video phones to communicate. 

This prediction became reality pinch nan wide take of video calling services specified arsenic Skype, FaceTime, and Zoom. 

11. Greece's economical crisis

In nan section "Politically Inept, pinch Homer Simpson," aired successful 2012, a ticker connected a news show sounds "Europe puts Greece connected eBay." 

Just a fewer years later, Greece knowledgeable a terrible economical crisis that led to austerity measures and bailouts. 

12. Richard Branson's abstraction race 

Images of Sir Richard Branson enjoying a spaceflight went viral successful 2021 aft nan businessman, 73, launched himself towards nan stars, successful a bizarre lawsuit of existent life imitating art.

The entrepreneur successfully earned his astronaut wings aft travelling to nan separator of abstraction connected committee a Virgin Galactic flight, making him nan first spaceflight laminitis to recreation to abstraction connected his ain ship.

Video of nan magnate was beamed backmost to world arsenic he knowledgeable weightlessness and floated astir nan compartment of nan vessel.

The footage was strangely akin to a segment successful a 2014 section of The Simpsons called The War of Art, from nan show's 25th series.