Did 'The Simpsons' predict the tragic Beirut explosion before it happened?

After horrific explosion at Beirut, Leban, several social media users have been claiming that American sitcom,  Simpsons h predicted explosion. Over years, long-running cartoon show has become widely popular for predicting several events way before y take place. From teams in NFL Super Bowl in 2014 to Donald Trump's presidency in United States, re have been several conspiracy ories about predictions me by Springfield family in sitcom. w, social media is convinced that Simpsons has done it yet again by apparently predicting horrifying explosion in Beirut, Leban on August 4, 2020. 

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Twitterati claim Simpsons predicted Beirut explosion

claim that American sitcom predicted Beirut explosion stems from a video showcasing Homer Simpson lighting a firework which les to an explosion, quite similar to that witnessed in Beirut. Soon, video clip started making rounds online, it has taken Twitterati by shock with plenty of m convinced that tragic incident in Leban was predicted by Matt Groening's show

One version of video has been viewed over a couple of thousand times on Twitter and has left everyone shook. A user shared video and wrote, "simpson’s has predicted leban’s explode? funny how people think simpsons predicted all events in world. but who kws y probably planned everything so it looks like a prediction. just me? aight (sic)" while ar wrote, "I don't kw if this is a prediction but it seems we need to take se guys serious. Beirut explosion something close to Simpsons."

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Check out tweets below:

However,  video which has been surfacing online of supposed Leban prediction is actually t a true prediction at all. Inste, two video clips from show have been edited toger from two different episodes of Simpsons altoger. While scene wherein Homer is seen buying and n lighting firecracker is from Season 7, Episode 25, mushroom cloud explosion's scene was a part of Season 16 Episode 1, wherein Homer causes  Springfield Nuclear plant's explosion. 

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Check out original video clip from ' Simpsons' below:

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