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== Retroactive discrepancies == | == Retroactive discrepancies == | ||
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! Year || Story || Fact stated || Discrepancy | ! Year || Story || Fact stated || Discrepancy | ||
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|The films ''[[Groundhog Day]]'' and ''[[Mrs Doubtfire]]'' were both released in [[1994]]. | |The films ''[[Groundhog Day]]'' and ''[[Mrs Doubtfire]]'' were both released in [[1994]]. | ||
|The given release year of ''Mrs Doubtfire'' is technically half-correct, being released ''in the United Kingdom'' in early 94 (with its original American release being in late 93). The release year of ''Groundhog Day'', however, is entirely incorrect, being released in 1993 in both countries. | |The given release year of ''Mrs Doubtfire'' is technically half-correct, being released ''in the United Kingdom'' in early 94 (with its original American release being in late 93). The release year of ''Groundhog Day'', however, is entirely incorrect, being released in 1993 in both countries. | ||
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== Predictions == | |||
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|[[1992]] | |||
|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'' | |||
|By [[2005]], [[London]]'s [[taxi]]s were replaced with [[motorcycle]]s to relieve the increasing [[road traffic]]. | |||
|London continues to use taxis today. Later stories released after [[2005 (releases)|2005]] also continue show taxis in use in the city. | |||
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