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

• What happened: In this episode, Homer becomes an inventor and is seen writing an equation on a chalkboard that is eerily similar to the equation used to describe the Higgs boson.
• Reality: The Higgs boson particle was discovered in 2012, years after the episode aired.