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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 21 Jan 2015

    It’s Jan 21, 2015: The 1989 film “Back to the Future II” showed life on Oct 21, 2015 — Multiple Home Fax Machines. [WTF?]

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      2. Jesse Lee Soffer‏Verified account @jesseleesoffer 21 Jan 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        “@neiltyson: It’s Jan 21, 2015: The 1989 film “Back to the Future II” showed life on Oct 21, 2015 — Multiple Home Fax Machines. [WTF?]” YES!

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      1. Matthew Turland‏ @elazar 21 Jan 2015
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        @neiltyson @lig Reminds me of this quote by Henry Ford: "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses."

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      1. Dr. Fortystein  🌮 🎃‏ @fortyseven 21 Jan 2015
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        @neiltyson "WTF" meaning "What the Fax" in this case.

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      1. Mary Flaherty‏ @mflare13 25 Jan 2015
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        “@neiltyson: It’s Jan 21, 2015: The 1989 film “Back to the Future II” showed life on Oct 21, 2015 — Multiple Home Fax Machines. [WTF?]”

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      1. Dan Sliasas‏ @danomite15 21 Jan 2015
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        @neiltyson and the Cubs won the world series. [WTF]

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      1. Geekpondering‏ @geekpondering 21 Jan 2015
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        @neiltyson he DOES work for a Japanese company, though.

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      1. David Poll‏ @depoll 21 Jan 2015
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        @neiltyson We clearly haven't caught up to Back to the Future's utopian vision of society in 2015.

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      1. Hybrid Project Alpha‏ @aroundofshe 13 Feb 2015
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        @neiltyson don't most printers function as fax machines nowadays anyway?

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      1. Sean Lorber‏ @SeanlorberSean 1 Feb 2015
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        @neiltyson well where are the flying cars and robots that walk dogs as in the movie... Makes you think...

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      1. spacehog125‏ @spacehog125 26 Jan 2015
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        @neiltyson lol.

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      1. Dwayne Carpenter‏ @healdiseasenow 25 Jan 2015
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        @neiltyson I don't get it !!

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      1. Leonard Wilson‏ @lencartoonist 24 Jan 2015
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        @neiltyson * original-related cartoon (thx):pic.twitter.com/wNjfE7kWIw

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      1. diane windsor‏ @windsor_diane 22 Jan 2015
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        @neiltyson how long will the asteroid be in our line of sight and when on monday?

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      1. Fernando Maldonado‏ @elthesensai 22 Jan 2015
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        @neiltyson need to watch the movie again. Pics please?

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      1. Zee Xenon‏ @zeexenon 22 Jan 2015
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        @neiltyson Required for ubiquitous Home Businesses after Corporations fire everybody.

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      1. Ben Fourie‏ @CraftyZA 21 Jan 2015
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        @neiltyson fax machines are alive and well… In bureaucratic institutions like the post office and government.

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      1. Oak Park Atheist‏ @OakParkAtheist 21 Jan 2015
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        @neiltyson I'm going to rewatch Cosmos, and after every interesting/surprising thing you say, imagine you going, "wtf?"

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      1. Colm Smyth‏ @colm_smyth 21 Jan 2015
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        @neiltyson the fax machine is still huge in Japan.

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