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9YYXB Short answer: Sadly, yes
M7mOa TIL that after losing the Hundred Years War in 1453, English monarchs continued to include the title "King of France" in their style until 1801, 347 years later.
p8j4Q TIL the City of Boston still maintains a fleet of over 3,000 telegraph fire alarm stations all over the region, with an annual budget of roughly $2 million and a dozen workers keeping the system running. The system has been in continuous use since 1852!
LodV TIL This day in 1958 Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an act that creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
oBMg7 TIL about dazzle camouflage, used for naval ships in WWI. It consisted of "complex patterns of geometric shapes in contrasting colours, interrupting and intersecting each other." This would make it hard for German U-boats to accurately shoot torpedoes.