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The first computer hard drive weighed over a ton.

Why it is true

Invented by IBM in 1956, the RAMAC 305 stored just 5 megabytes of data on fifty 24-inch platters. Today, a tiny smartphone has thousands of times more storage.

Source: Technology History

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