Trek Technology and IBM began selling the first USB flash drives commercially in 2000. Trek Technology sold a model under the brand name “ThumbDrive”, and IBM marketed the first such drives in North America with its product named the “DiskOnKey”, which was developed and manufactured by M-Systems. IBM’s USB flash drive became available on December 15, 2000, and had a storage capacity of 8 MB, more than five times the capacity of the then-common floppy disks. Click here to view the first image in todya’s viral picture gallery. Continue reading for a viral fast food video that will restore your faith in humanity.

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