Harry Shearer, who provided the voice for Mr. Burns, stated that he modeled the sound of Mr. Burn's voice in part on Ronald Reagan

Matt Groening revealed that the yellow color of characters on the Simpsons was chosen to make the show stand out when channel surfers were flipping through the channels

Conan O'Brien was a writer for the Simpsons between 1991 and 1993

Bart's middle name is JoJo

All characters in the Simpsons are shown to have four fingers except one who has five: God

It takes six to eight months to create each Simpsons episode