50 Times The Simpsons Saw It Coming Before the World Did

In an unlikely Olympic tale, Homer and Marge discover curling and end up representing the United States in Vancouver, somehow beating Sweden to win gold. The idea is played for laughs, as curling was considered a niche sport in America at the time.

Then, eight years later, in the 2018 Winter Olympics, the underdog U.S. men’s team stunned everyone by doing precisely that—defeating Sweden and claiming gold for the very first time. What had seemed like a snowy daydream in Springfield turned into national sports history.