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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 21 Oct 2015

    The 1989 film “Back to the Future II” imagined life on Oct 21 2015: Precision RainForecasting [Nope]pic.twitter.com/K5dwlyeL1z

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      2. Richard Meyer‏ @RichardMeyerDC 21 Oct 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Wait a second! Doc had already been to that future day. It wasn't forecasting... he knew exactly when it would end!

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      2. Matthias Zomb-ERRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH‏ @masundbe 21 Oct 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson DarkSky app is pretty close, though...

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      1. Yoann Gini‏ @ygini 21 Oct 2015
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        .@neiltyson I've always understood that Doc was able to know the weather not because of the forecast but because he was already here before…

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      1. Eric Holthaus‏Verified account @EricHolthaus 21 Oct 2015
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        @neiltyson Actually, precision rain forecasting is already here:http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/10/21/back_to_the_future_day_michael_j_fox_and_christopher_lloyd_reunite_to_learn.html …

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      1. Mark Funk‏ @MarkFunk 21 Oct 2015
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        @neiltyson Someone doesn’t use Dark Sky

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      1. Jacoby Strawberry‏ @JakeJams_Vol3 21 Oct 2015
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        @neiltyson this wasn't a technology, Doc just knew when it stopped raining because he'd already been to that day in 2015.

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      1. El Hombre de los Ornitorrincos Muertos‏ @Platypus222 21 Oct 2015
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        @neiltyson I always thought Doc only knew the exact time because he'd time traveled here before, not that it was public knowledge.

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      1. Houston Kress‏ @VolRumorMill 21 Oct 2015
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        @neiltyson Man...he knew it would stop because he had already been there and timed it out.

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      1. Zoidy‏ @Floidberger 21 Oct 2015
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        @neiltyson technically he was able to predict it bc he came BACK to this date with Marty. Doc had already been to 10/21/2015 #Fact

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      1. Yan Sarazin‏ @YanSarazin 21 Oct 2015
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        @neiltyson I just assumed he had gone to the future previously and knew it would stop raining.

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      1.  🎃 Frightro  🎃‏ @Nitrovium 21 Oct 2015
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        @neiltyson That was the fact Doc had already been to that day, nothing to do with forecasting.

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      1. Nic Rosental‏ @nicdev 21 Oct 2015
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        @neiltyson @darkskyapp comes pretty darn close

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      1. OldSchool‏ @Monkiimagic 21 Oct 2015
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        @neiltyson Well that we know off...

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      1. CM Hauntington  👻‏ @octothorpe 21 Oct 2015
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        @neiltyson Dark Sky is pretty close :-)

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      1. em  👻‏ @spookyemmy 21 Oct 2015
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        @neiltyson your tweets give me life

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      2. Aaron K Smith‏ @mrgadflybuzz 21 Oct 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Not precise forecasting via meteorological science, Doc had already been to this time before he came back for Marty.

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      3. Aaron K Smith‏ @mrgadflybuzz 21 Oct 2015
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        It's not everyday I get to correct @neiltyson on matters as important as time travel and movie trivia.

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      1. Cheesemeister‏ @Cheesemeister3k 21 Oct 2015
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        .@neiltyson Pretty close. Smart watch, GPS, Internet access, and weather apps are all there. #BTTF2015

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