20 Mind-Blowing Facts You Never Knew About The Simpsons

4. That€™s One Smart Till

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The 138th Episode Spectacular did a lot to mess with The Simpsons continuity, wrongly declaring Marvin Monroe dead. Another false claim was the enticing easter egg of what the cash register reads out when Maggie is scanned, a solution previously unattainable; you couldn't pause an episode on VHS without that horrendous jittering.

The €˜special€™ claimed it said NRA4EVA, riffing on Groening€™s anti-gun stance, but the truth is even better. In the original and golden age opening (Season 1 to Season 20) the till reads $847.63, the amount a survey said raising a baby in America cost per month. In the newer, HD opening it has been changed; the amount now doubles from $243.26 to $486.52, which makes a lot less sense.

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