10 Mind-Blowing Facts You Never Knew About The Simpsons

Homer has done many, many things in the three decades he has spent in his late 30s. One unfortunate thing he has made a habit of is getting very badly hurt, very often. To say he has spent a fair bit of time in the hospital would be a huge understatement.

Falling down Springfield Gorge, needing a triple heart by-pass, and being hit on the head with a hammer by Maggie is just the tip of the iceberg of injuries that, in the real world, would have bankrupted him.

A group of researchers have actually now calculated roughly the total figure for Homer’s healthcare bills, and it is staggering. Broken down into categories, the most expensive of Homer’s injuries have been brain damage ($1,525,500), paralysis ($508,904), and radiation exposure ($150,000), with everything totalling up to a heart stopping $143 million.

There have been theories in the past about secret Simpson incomes that allow them to live as comfortably as they do on one pay packet, but even then there’s surely no way anyone could afford to go through what Homer. Then again, in the real world no one would have even survived going through all that, never mind being able to afford it.