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Scientists reveal what Back to the Future got right...and wrong

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67% Informative

Today is the day Doc and Marty McFly and Doc Brown arrive in 2015 during Back to the Future Part II.

The cult classic has predicted some modern technology with remarkable accuracy.

But when it comes to hoverboards, flying cars and rejuvenation clinics, many of the film's predictions are still a long way off.

Back to the Future predicted the use of Touch-ID and fingerprint scanners by 2015 was accurate.

The film also missed the mark on flying cars and the rejuvenation clinic Doc claims to have visited at the start of the film.

Despite the film's success, there are still a few attempts at recreating the hoverboard.

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49

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formal

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English

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47

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