D’oh! It appears The Simpsons have done it again.Since its debut in 1989, the long-running animated sitcom has become famous for predicting the future in some of its storylines.

But now, things are getting a little too close for comfort.In March, fans pointed to a May 6, 1993, episode titled Marge in Chains — which featured a fictitious disease dubbed the “Osaka Flu” that everyone contracts after an ill factory worker in Japan coughs on boxes that are shipped to Springfield — as proof that the series saw the coronavirus pandemic coming.But later in that same episode, when the townspeople of Springfield demand a cure, they accidentally topple a crate marked “Killer Bees.”Last week, insect experts announced that giant hornets emanating from

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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