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"The Simpsons" is the longest-running American scripted primetime TV series.

"The Simpsons" started in 1987 as short cartoons on "The Tracey Ullman Show."

Creator Matt Groening named most of the Simpson family after his own relatives. Bart's name is an anagram of "brat."

"The Simpsons" never reveals which state Springfield is in.

A 2000 episode of "The Simpsons," "Bart to the Future," joked about a Donald Trump presidency years before it happened.

Homer Simpson's "D'oh!" was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2001.

"The Simpsons" got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2000.

"The Simpsons Movie" was released in 2007.

Time magazine named "The Simpsons" the best TV series of the 20th century.

Simpsons characters have four fingers on each hand.

Stephen Hawking appeared on "The Simpsons" and "Star Trek: The Next Generation."

"The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening grew up in Portland and named characters like Flanders and Lovejoy after its streets.