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TIL that the Boeing B-29 Superfortress airplane (WW2, Korean War) had an analog computer system that allowed one team to simultaneously control 4 turrets mounted on the bottom of the wings — the computer calculates the aim and automatically adjusts all of the turrets respectively

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