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39 Eerie Pop-Culture Predictions That Actually Came True

August 13, 2023

To learn about the future, you don’t need to read Nostradamus. Simply turn on your television. We’re not sure why either, yet TV shows, literature and especially pop songs all seem to foretell events with uncanny accuracy. Here are a few of our favorites…

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Chris Rock

IN 1999, CHRIS ROCK OPENED HIS HBO SHOW BY JOKINGLY SAYING O.J. SIMPSON VISITED TO PROMOTE A VIDEO. DIANT KIII MY Wife! But If I DID, Here's How I'd Do It ITS TITLE: I DIDN'T KILL MY WIFE... BUT IF I DID, HERE'S HOW I'D DO IT. in 2007, simpson really did release I DID IT D.J. SIMPSO a book called If I Did It, about the murders of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman. Не even planned a TV special called O.J. simpson: If I Did It, Here's HOW it Happened. IFE DID IT CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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Trading Spouses

IN 2003, CHAPPELLE'S SHOWFEATURED A SKETCH TITLED TRADING SPOUSES, PLAYING OFF THE REALITY SHOW TRADING SPACES. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PARODY. It's a standard comedy formula: take one element of the real thing, Trading Spouses and exaggerate it to ludicrous ends. But a year after the sketch aired, FOX created a show with that exact premise, and it was Meet your new mommu indeed called Trading spouses. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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IN1969, MONTY PYTHON GAVE US THE MOUSE PROBLEM. The Little WHITE RODENT Room A NEWS REPORT INVESTIGATES MEN DRESSING UP AS MICE AS A FETISH. The idea was supposed to make fun of gay panic. Half a century later, we now know about furries, SO the sketch barely registers as a joke. MAGGIE CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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AT THE SAME TIME ENEMY WARSHIPS FIRE ON PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII.. NATIONAL COMICS #18 DEPICTED UNCLE SAM DEFENDING PEARL HARBOR IT WAS RELEASED IN 10° NOVEMBER, ring 1941. AMERICA'S HERO UNCLE SAM CONSTANTIE ON DECEMBER 7, 1941, JAPAN ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR CRACKED CON — Source: 27 Mind-Blowing Things Accurately Predicted by Movies

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CRACKED.CON 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Apple iPad (2010) — Source: 27 Mind-Blowing Things Accurately Predicted by Movies

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Sony NSX46GT1 TeleViewer 46 inch 1080p ANOUS NEUR Edgelit LED HDTV ESCAPES | SONY - the Video chat Skype, facetime and more - - DE - Robot Vacuum Roomba Peek-a-Boo Prober from Jetson's Test Spider Pill: Wireless Pilot episode) Endoscopic Capsule Robot GRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Mind-Blowing Things Accurately Predicted by Movies

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In 1947, artist Isamu Noguchi, created Sculpture to be seen from Mars. It was a fantasy earth sculpture project, envisioned to be miles wide and tall. In 1976, NASA's Viking 1 captured this image of a mountain ON FRICKIN' MARS! CRACKED COM — Source: 27 Mind-Blowing Things Accurately Predicted by Movies

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Search .. SHO43 Hiro turns his attention to Earth. The level of Cat Directions History . Places detail is fantastic. The resolution, the clarity, My Paces Tour Make sure 3D Buildings just the look of it tells Hiro, or anyone else layer in checked Temporary Places who knows computers, that this piece of software is some heavy shit. It's not just continents and oceans. It looks exactly like the earth would look from a point in geosynchronous orbit directly above L.A., Layers Earth Calary - Primary Detabose P Bonders and Labels complete with weather systems... Paces Photos Roads 30 Buidings — Source: 27 Mind-Blowing Things Accurately Predicted by Movies

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GRAGKED.COM In 2005-06, The West Wing featured a presidential election that pitted a non-Caucasian, hotshot young Democrat senator against an old-school, long-time Republican senator who was not quite conservative enough for the party's religious right. The election ended with the Democrat winning, at which point he made one of his fiercest opponents the Secretary of State. In 2008, the presidential election that pitted a non- Caucasian, hotshot young Democrat senator against an old- school, long-time Republican senator who was not quite conservative enough for the party's religious right. The election ended with the Democrat winning, at which point he made — Source: 27 Mind-Blowing Things Accurately Predicted by Movies

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the ONION® America's Finest News Source SPORTS BU SINESS SCIENCE/TECH ENTERTAINMENT LOCAL search Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades COMMENTARY Opinion Business - ISSUE 40-07-Feb 18. 2004 By James M. Kilts, CEO And President, <Br>The Gillette Company Would someone tell me how this happened? We were the fucking vanguard of shaving in this country. The Gillette Mach3 was the razor to own. Then the other guy came out with a three-blade razor. Were we scared? Hell, no Because we hit back with a little thing called the Mach3Turbo That's three blades and an aloe strip For James M. KITS moisture But you — Source: 27 Mind-Blowing Things Accurately Predicted by Movies

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amazonkindle DON'T PANIC 2 F E . Y Y V A © Menu A 1 H F C и . K L Der I C Y 1 . с Dym All - Home Back GRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Mind-Blowing Things Accurately Predicted by Movies

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Heat Ray - The War of the Worlds Tactical High Energy Laser- U.S. Army CRACKED COM — Source: 27 Mind-Blowing Things Accurately Predicted by Movies

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AIRPLANET - THE SEQUEL - SCANNERS THAT GENERATE NAKED IMAGES OF PASSENGERS? SURELY YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS. CRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Mind-Blowing Things Accurately Predicted by Movies

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IN 1987, APPLE RELEASED A PROMO VIDEO IMAGINING not FUTURE TECHNOLOGY. our iPlayer IT SHOWED A TABLET COMPUTER WITH VIDEO CHAT AND VOICE-BASED SEARCH. The scene was supposed to take place on september 16, 2011. The iPad ended up coming out in 2010. The first Apple tablet with a voice- based assistant (siri) came out september 2011, within two weeks of the date the video predicted. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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Matthew Perry

MATTHEW PERRY'S SHOW SECOND CHANCE SHOWED THE CHARACTER IN HEAVEN WITH ST. PETER AND MUAMMAR GADDAFI. ACCORDING TO THIS SHOW, GADDAFI DIES ON JULY 29, 2011. Gaddafi ended up being killed on october 20, 2011. we'd say that's pretty close for a prediction made 24 years in advance. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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The World Trade Center towers were destroyed... ...in Super Mario Brothers, 8 years before 9/11. CRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Mind-Blowing Things Accurately Predicted by Movies

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Ronald Reagan

In a News from the Future segment, Dan Rowan of Laugh In (1967-1973) predicted Ronald Reagan would be President of the United States in 1988. In another, he predicted the Berlin Wall would be torn down in 1989. Thus far it has not been replaced with a moat full of alligators. CRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Mind-Blowing Things Accurately Predicted by Movies

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We propose to... digitally duplicate and store THE BEST of every record company's difficult-to-move Quality Catalog Items, store them in a central processing location ...with the option of direct digital-to-digital transfer... All accounting for royalty payments... would be automatic, built into the initial software... ...visualization of the original cover art, including song lyrics... could be displayed... since there are many consumers who like to fondle & fetish the packaging while the music is being played. - FRANK ZAPPA, 1983 CRACKED COM — Source: 27 Mind-Blowing Things Accurately Predicted by Movies

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QUIET PEOPLE GO OUT IN THE MORNING, AND SEE AIR-FLEETS PASSING OVERHEAD, DRIPPING DEATH - DRIPPING DEATH! THE WAR IN THE AIR H.G. WELLS (1907) BATTLE OF BRITAIN (1940) CRACKED COM — Source: 27 Mind-Blowing Things Accurately Predicted by Movies

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WAG THE DOG'S PRESIDENT, CAUGHT CREEPING ON A GIRL, DISTRACTS THE MEDIA WITH A WAR. A CLEAR PARODY OF BILL CLINTON AND MONICA LEWINSKY? NOPE. You might think this commented on clinton's out-of-nowhere decision to bomb sudan and Afghanistan days after the Lewinsky scandal broke. But the film came out in December 1997, eight months before he ordered the bombing. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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ON SEINFELD, JERRY AND ELAINE EAT NONFAT FROZEN YOGURT BUT GAIN WEIGHT. THEY DEDUCE THAT THE YOGURT ISN'T AS NONFAT AS IT CLAIMS. just a few months later, New York Magazine published a study of various desserts that claimed to be diet or nonfat. The frozen yogurt industry turned out to be just as dishonest as seinfeld jokingly portrayed. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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Extras

THE 2005 SHOW EXTRAS FEATURES A FICTIONAL HOLOCAUST FILM STARRING KATE WINSLET. SAYS WINSLET, CYNICALLY: DO A FILM ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST, YOU'RE GUARANTEED AN OSCAR. Fast-forward to 2008, and kate winslet has a leading role in The Reader, a Holocaust film. Despite getting mixed reviews, it scores winslet an Oscar for Best Actress. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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A FORGETTABLE 1995 HBO MOVIE CALLED ABOVE SUSPICION FEATURED CHRISTOPHER REEVE. ... AS AN OFFICER CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR. This film aired May 25. May 27 was the day of Reeve's horseback riding accident. The movie where he plays a paraplegic was released just two days before he landed in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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A FOOTBALL POSTER IN POLTERGEIST SAYS 1988 SUPER BOWL XXII. 1988 SUPERTOM XXII WHICH IS WEIRD, BECAUSE THE FILM WAS RELEASED IN 1982. In 1988, on the day of super Bowl XXII, Poltergeist actress Heather O'Rourke happened to be living in san Diego, the city where the game was taking place. she suddenly became violently ill and died the following afternoon. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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IN 1978'S GAME OF DEATH, A PROP GUN FIRES A REAL BULLET, KILLING BRUCE LEE'S CHARACTER. BRUCE LEE'S SON DIED THE SAME WAY-EXCEPT FOR REAL. In 1993, Lee's son Brandon was filming The crow and facing a shot from a prop gun. A bullet fragment that had jammed in the barrel dislodged and caught Brandon in the gut, killing him. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Verne predicted some features of the not-yet- existing submarines, such as the high speed and secret conduct of today's nuclear attack subs and the need to surface frequently for fresh air (with diesel subs). Не also saw the danger they presented to the Royal Navy. GRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Mind-Blowing Things Accurately Predicted by Movies

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SAM COOKE'S FRANKIE AND JOHNNY: FRANKIE REACHED DOWN IN HER POCKETBOOK / AND UP WITH A LONG .44. SHE SHOT ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES/ JOHNNY FELL ON THE HARDWOOD FLOOR. 1 Less than five months after recording SAM COOKE I LOVE you the song, cooke confronted a hotel 1930-1 1964 manager and was shot three times. The shooter's name? Bertha Franklin, or Frankie for short. URTIL THE DAY BREAK, n THE SHADOWS FLEE CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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H.G. Wells

H.G. WELLS FIRST WROTE ABOUT THE ATOM BOMB IN A 1914 NOVEL CALLED THE WORLD SET FREE. IT WOULD BE DECADES BEFORE SCIENTISTS MADE THE BOMB REAL. wells didn't even know the bomb was possible. Не just knew a little bit about radioactive decay, and thought if we ever split an atom, it would probably make a really big boom. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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ROBERT HEINLEIN'S 1961 NOVEL STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND PREDICTED 3-D COMPUTERS IN EVERY HOME. IT ALSO CAME UP WITH A MUCH MORE SPECIFIC PREDICTION: SCREENSAVERS. A stereovision tank disguised as an aquarium; he switched it on, guppies and tetras gave way to the face of the well-known winchell. Fish in an aquarium would become one of the most popular screensavers out there. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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THE THIRD EPISODE OF MADTVFEATURED A FAKE TRAILER MASHING UP APOLLO 13 AND FRIDAY THE 13TH APOLLO THE 13TH JASON TAKES NASA THE INSPIRATION WAS SOLELY APOLLO 13 HAVING 13 IN THE TITLE. SO they thought, What if we did a crossover and wound up with the ridiculous premise of Jason killing bouncy coeds in space? six years later, we got the actual film Jason X, featuring Jason killing bouncy coeds in space. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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EMINEM'S VIDEO LIKE TOY SOLDIERS SHOWS RAPPER PROOF DYING IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER GETTING SHOT. TWO YEARS LATER, PROOF WAS INDEED FATALLY SHOT. In the video, Proof reenacted the death of another rapper, Bugz. Eminem could have picked anybody he wanted for the role of friend who gets shot to death, but he selected Proof, in a case of terrifying precognition. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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Warren Zevon

WARREN ZEVON'S FACTORY ENDS WITH KICKIN' ASBESTOS IN THE FACTORY/ BREATHIN' THAT PLASTIC IN THE FACTORY. ZEVON DIED OF LUNG CANCER FROM INHALING ASBESTOS The weird part is that Zevon never worked in a factory in his life. не wrote the lyrics totally coincidentally, inhaled the asbestos from some unknown source, and was diagnosed years later. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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In 1932's VISA Evening News LATE SPECIAL (YOUNG Brave New World, - - SALE - Meet Louise, the world's Aldous Huxley first test-tube arrival described in-vitro fertilization. SUPERBABE BRAVE NEW WORLD Wide-eyed Louine Brown pictured in hospital 1* bours often the ... born, Today abo's doing well See Page Three In 1978, the world greeted Louise Brown, who was the first ALDOUS HUXLEY test-tube baby. CRACKED COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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IN CHINATOWN ONE CHARACTER'S ALLEGED SISTER IS ACTUALLY HER MOTHER. JACK NICHOLSON'S REAL-LIFE ALLEGED SISTER TURNED OUT TO BE HIS MOTHER. TIME magazine researched his family and discovered the couple he'd considered his parents were actually his grandparents. Nicholson joining a film with this plot was a complete coincidence -he'd had no idea of the truth. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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CHECK THE NAMES IMPRISONED WITH WESLEY SNIPES AND SYLVESTER STALLONE IN DEMOLITION MAN: CRYO-PENITENTIARY MORNING HEARING SCHEDULE ID# INMATE TIME 07:00 HYDE, QUENTIN 357-M 08:15 PETERSON, SCOTT 4-NKT 07:30 PHOENIX, SIMON 468-W IT'S A MURDERER NAMED SCOTT PETERSON. Peterson would be the center of a sensational 2004 trial for killing his pregnant wife. The movie even put him in the right jail: Its cryoPrison houses california's worst criminals, as does scott's san Quentin, california's last death row facility. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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ONE OF JACKIE WILSON'S BIGGEST HITS, 1958'S LONELY TEARDROPS, FEATURES THIS SOULFUL LINE: Lonely Teardrops MY HEART IS CRYIN', CRYIN'. on september 29, 1975, he sang the song live. Right when he hit the line, he had a massive heart attack. The crowd thought he was just acting. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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30 ROCK'S TRACY JORDAN CAME UP WITH A RIDICULOUS PLAN TO FUSE THREE PIECES OF MEAT INTO A FOOD BALL. FOUR YEARS LATER, KFC UNVEILED THE DOUBLE DOWN. In the show, it was supposed to be an absurd joke that people should no longer have to suffer through the bread part of your sandwich. But that was exactly how real people soon felt. KFC CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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CRACKED CON In 1953, when headphones were big and clunky, Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451. In it, he predicted earbuds. And in her ears the little seashells, the thimble radios tamped tight, and an electronic ocean of sound, of music and talk and music and talk coming in, coming in on the shore of her unsleeping mind. — Source: 27 Mind-Blowing Things Accurately Predicted by Movies

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