The "Discovery of the God Particle" (Higgs Boson) (Episode: "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace", 1998)

The Simpsons has earned quite the reputation for seemingly predicting the future. It’s actually a bit of a meme at this point, with fans pointing out how many things in the real world appear to have been "predicted" by the show, sometimes years in advance. While some of these predictions are purely coincidental or the result of broad satire, others do seem oddly prescient.

The "Discovery of the God Particle" (Higgs Boson) (Episode: "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace", 1998)

• What happened: Homer becomes an inventor and is seen writing a chalkboard equation that is eerily similar to the one used to predict the Higgs boson particle.
• Reality: The Higgs boson particle was discovered in 2012 at CERN, after a long theoretical search for the so-called "God particle."