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What's that sticking out in your pocket? Ohh, it's *only* my 4GB USB thumb-drive...

From http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/storage.asp

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In September 1956 IBM launched the 350 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5MB of data.
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