![ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY…. 1955](http://townsquare.media/site/725/files/2019/11/bttf-photo.png?w=980&q=75)
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY…. 1955
11/5/1955 – Dr. Emmett Brown came up with the idea of the flux capacitor after slipping off his toilet while standing on it to hang a clock and hitting his head on the edge of the sink.
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