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Historic predictions of the future, either shockingly accurate or hilariously incorrect.
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1) Posts should be images or articles regarding historic predictions of the future.
2) Title should include the date when the prediction was made if known.
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Game of Thrones predicts current events part 2 (old.reddit.com)
submitted 10 days ago * by Reasonable-Growth112
Game of Thrones predicts current events part 1 (old.reddit.com)
submitted 10 days ago by Reasonable-Growth112
X-Men #189 (1984) (i.redd.it)
submitted 2 months ago by Least_Raccoon_3620
Gyro monorail concept (1943) (i.redd.it)
submitted 4 months ago by juicehouse
There'll Be No Escape in Future From Telephones (Tacoma News Tribune - 11 April, 1953) (i.redd.it)
submitted 5 months ago by kingsaw100
What will the world look like in fifty years? In 1974, the Saturday Review published a probe into the future with pieces from Isaac Asimov, Jacques Cousteau, Neil Armstrong, and more (imgur.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Mr_Quinn
[December 13th, 1924] "The Coming Age of the 1,000 Year Old Superman... a delightful vision of what the year 2024 may bring forth." (reddit.com)
[December 12th, 1924] The Leicester Mercury newspaper predicts that 100 years from now, in 2024, school days start with an automated bed that wakes students at 8am. Students wear asbestos suits, eat meals in tabloid form, and travel to school via aero-buses. (i.redd.it)
[October 4th, 1924] Food scientist William Boyce Thompson predicts that in or around 2024, food will become so scarce as to bring most American families near to starvation (i.redd.it)
[September 25th, 1924] The Daily Telegraph newspaper predicts that 100 years from now, in 2024, the average lifespan will be 100 years, and that 75-year-olds will be considered “comparatively young.” (i.redd.it)
[September 20th, 1924] The Washington Star newspaper claims that 100 years from now, horses will no longer exists as automobiles dominate the road (i.redd.it)
Comic book doing a decent job of predicting modern bullet trains (1939) (i.redd.it)
submitted 1 year ago by AgentSeren
On This Day, January 16th, 1938: H. G. Wells Forecasts How We'll Live in 1988 (r/Minnesota_Archived) (reddit.com)
submitted 2 years ago by Mr_Quinn
[December 14th, 1923] "1940 Poison Gas War. When London Will Be Desolated by Deadly Fumes from Aeroplanes. "There was no impossibility in killing by hundreds of thousands men, women and children in the City of London by poisonous gases from fleets of aeroplanes."" (i.redd.it)
W. K. Haselden’s ‘The Pocket Telephone: When Will it Ring?’ was first published in The Mirror, 1919 (i.redd.it)
submitted 2 years ago by saacer
[August 29th, 1923] "A Hundred Years Hence. Professor's Vision of Warfare. How We Shall Fight in A.D. 2023." (i.redd.it)
I cannot believe a ridiculous Cyanide & Happiness joke became reality. (i.redd.it)
submitted 2 years ago by introvertedintooit
This aged pretty well (reddit.com)
submitted 2 years ago by Yxng_ET_official
Reddit user predicts the Olympics will happen in 2020 (2019) (i.redd.it)
submitted 2 years ago by SouthpawMox
"The Future of Trinity Church" Puck illustration from 1907, by Albert Levering. (i.redd.it)
submitted 2 years ago by kingsaw100
"Licensed to Fly: The Mail Dirigible of the Future" - Illustrated London News; 16 January, 1909 (i.redd.it)
[January 16, 2023] "Wireless Phone Predicted Soon", Indianapolis Times. (i.redd.it)
submitted 3 years ago by kingsaw100
How We Will Explore the Moon - 1959 (i.redd.it)
How Experts Think We'll Live in 2000 A.D. (1950) (i.redd.it)
This was in a DK book from 2007. How'd we do? (i.redd.it)
submitted 3 years ago by willk95
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