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Zapata CEO Franky Zapata flies a jet-powered hoverboard or "Flyboard" prior during the Bastille Day military parade down the Champs-Elysées avenue in Paris, on July 14, 2019. Photo by Julie Sebadelha/ABACAPRESS.COM Stock Photo - Alamy
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