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TIL of the Sharp EL-8061 - essentially a pocket-watch/calculator hybrid

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kEBd TIL during WWII 18-year-old Princess - later Queen - Elizabeth joined the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service and worked as a mechanical engineer to help British forces.
KOJRQ TIL Max Brooks, author of World War Z and son of Mel Brooks, is dyslexic. Brooks' mother, Anne Bancroft, put her career on hold to educate her son, making audio cassettes for all his assigned readings. Brooks thanked his mother, saying, "not only did my mother give me my life, she saved my life."
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EZ4d TIL That the B-52 bomber (started serving in 1952) won’t be retired until the 2040s. By then, it’ll have been in continuous service for almost a century.