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Happy #BackToTheFutureDay!

Felix TamsutOctober 21, 2015

October 21, 2015 - a day once thought so distant as to hold near-infinite technological promise. Now that it's here, social media fans throughout the world are celebrating our failure to live up to our own expectations.

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Filmstill Zurück in die Zukunft Christopher Lloyd Michael J. Fox
Image: picture-alliance/dpa/Universal/Zemeckis
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Film still from Back to the Future, Copyright: picture-alliance/dpa/Universal/Zemeckis

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