The television show The Simpsons has accurately predicted future world events
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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
refutedsupported
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Available sources note that the television show The Simpsons has depicted storylines resembling certain real future occurrences, but this partial evidence does not comprehensively establish an established pattern of accurate prophecy.
... Predictions of America's near future have a very mixed record of accuracy, although some seemingly wild prophecies have turned out far more accurately than their authors dared believe. As early as 2000, The Simpsons (again) set a story in a ...
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