The Simpsons: the first episode aired 28 years ago - The Simpsons is considered by many to be one of the best TV shows of all time. With almost 30 years of airtime, there are many fun facts about Matt Groening's series that even the most dedicated fans don't know about. Click on the gallery and learn update your trivia knowledge on the series!

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Different name - According to The Wall Street Journal, in the Arabic version of 'The Simpsons', Homer is called Omar Shamshoom.

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A very special character - All characters in the series have only four fingers on their hands. However, God has five fingers on each hand.

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Guest appearences - The number of guests the series has had is greater than the number of episodes already broadcast.

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Sense of humor - 'The Simpsons'' production team sent flowers to the 'South Park' team after they have made a parody of 'Family Guy'.

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Polemic speech - According to CNN, in 1992 George H. W. Bush said in a speech that he wanted to make American families less like The Simpsons.

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Bart dialogue - In the first season of the series, Bart had more dialogue lines than in any other season of the series.

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Most talkative secondary character - Among the secondary characters, Mr. Burns is the one who talks the most.

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Original sentences - In every episode Bart Simpson writes something different in the classroom. Some of these phrases have even become iconic on the Internet.

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Homer is the most talkative - In the first 26 seasons of the series, Homer was the most talkative character, having spoken 21% of the 1.3 million words spoken.

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Creative freedom - According to The Daily Telegraph, there is a specific clause in the contract, which states that Fox can not give suggestions, make cuts or exercise control over the episodes' creativity. This means that producers can make fun of Fox in they wish to do so.

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Broadcasting rights - According to Buzzfeed, Fox holds the rights to broadcast the series until the year 2082.

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Award - Time named 'The Simpsons' the best television series of the twentieth century.

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Remote guest appearence - Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, participated in one of the episodes of the series. He recorded the lines over the phone.

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Inspiration - The series' creator, Matt Groening, was inspired by his mother's name. She is called Marge Wiggum.

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Most talkative character - Homer is the only character in the series to speak in every single episode.

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Female voice - Bart Simpson is voiced by a woman.

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City name - Matt Groening, named it Springfield because there are several cities in the United States with that name, so people would never know which one was the one on which the series was based.

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Trademark expression - In the French version of the series, the Homer Simpson expression 'D'oh!', was changed to 'T'oh!'.

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Popular words - According to the website Mental Floss, there are some words that have become popular thanks to the series. One of those words is 'meh'.

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Sleepless nights - According to an article published in the online edition of Time in 2014, if someone wanted to watch all episodes of the series without sleeping, it would take about eight and a half days.

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Word in the dictionary - 'D'oh!', a word often used by Homer Simpson, can be found in the Oxford English Dictionary.

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Similarity between Krusty and Homer - There is a huge resemblance between the characters Krusty the Clown and Homer Simpson. Groening did it on purpose, and originally Krusty was going to be Homer's secret identity, but the idea was scrapped.

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Records - The series holds the record for being the longest-running animation series to be transmitted in prime time TV and also the series with the greater number of guests.

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Successful song - In 1990, an album of the series was released and included the single 'Do the Bartman'. The theme was a worldwide success and featured Michael Jackson as one of the producers and singers.

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