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Queen Elizabeth II's Record-Breaking Reign Has Seen Some Of The Greatest Inventions Known To Us

These Amazing Everyday Things Were Invented During Queen Elizabeth II's Reign
Nitya Rajan
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Today Queen Elizabeth II will pass the record set by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria who, Buckingham Palace has calculated, reigned for 23,226 days, 16 hours and 23 minutes.

A royal source said: "You need to remember for the Queen this is a date whose calculation rests on the death of her father and great-great-grandmother, that naturally colours the way she sees it," Press Association reports.

"While she acknowledges it as an historic moment, it's also for her not a moment she would personally celebrate, which is why she has been keen to convey business as usual, and no fuss."

While it may by business as usual for her majesty, we are taking a moment to celebrate a few of the incredible everyday things that have been invented during her 63 years on the throne.

Here Are The BEST Things That Were Invented During Queen Elizabeth II's Reign
1952: The world got its first taste of diet soda(01 of10)
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"No-Cal Beverage" was first sold in 1952. Developed by two New Yorkers, it was a type of ginger ale made to meet the needs of diabetic patients.
1955: Christopher Cockerell invented the Hovercraft(02 of10)
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British inventor Christopher Cockerell, 1910-1999, centre, who invented the Hovercraft in 1955, and was knighted in 1969., with left, pilot Peter Lamb and Richard Stanton, Saunders Roe designer.
1956: Hard disks arrived on the scene(03 of10)
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At the time hard disks could store 5MB of data. Created by IBM, the disks were heavy weight objects that often looked like cupboards. (credit:Pingdom)
1958: The Hula Hoop came to our shop floors(04 of10)
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Invented by two University of Southern California college graduates --Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin, who founded a company called Wham-O Inc.
1962: Philips developed audio cassettes (05 of10)
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Known as 'Compact Cassettes' these products were a step up from reel-to-reel tapes.
1967: The first hand-held calculator was invented. (06 of10)
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Jack S. Kilby, who worked for a company called Texas Instruments poses with his first invention -- integrated circuits. He later worked with two other engineers to build the first hand-held calculator (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1968: Douglas Engelbart invented the world's first computer mouse(07 of10)
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View of the photographer's hand as he operates the first computer mouse prototype, created by computer pinoeer and inventor Douglas Engelbart, at Engelbart's home, Atherton, California, December 9, 2004. (Photo by Tom Munnecke/Getty Images) (credit:Tom Munnecke via Getty Images)
1980: "Post-it notes" were introduced to US stores(08 of10)
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Dr. Spencer Silver first thought of the sticky notes while trying to develop a super adhesive. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
1984: The first Apple Macintosh went on sale(09 of10)
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FILE - In this March 28, 1984, file photo, thousands of Apple Macintosh computers sit on double decked manufacturing lines. Friday, January 24, 2014, marks thirty years after the first Mac computer was introduced, sparking a revolution in computing and in publishing as people began creating fancy newsletters, brochures and other publications from their desktops. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) (credit:Paul Sakuma/AP)
1991: The internet happened(10 of10)
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In 1990 English computer scientist Tim Berners Lee created html and a year later he introduced the World Wide Web (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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