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Nov 5, 2025

Pete

Mr. Eighties

Pete has published a news story:

On This Day November 5 1955 – The Day Doc Brown Invented The Flux Capacitor In Back To The Future.

On this day November 5 1955, in the story of Back To The Future, Dr Emmett Brown slipped in his bathroom, hit his head on the sink, and envisioned the idea that made time travel possible, the Flux Capacitor. This fictional event became one of the most memorable moments in 1980s film history and the spark that set the entire Back To The Future trilogy in motion.

The Flux Capacitor represented the perfect mix...

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