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TIL the modern gaming chair design originated from DXRacer repurposing car seats, after Chrysler discontinued the vehicles they were designed for

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ADvVw TIL a study showed we are ingesting an amount of microplastics equivalent to the weight of a credit card each week. That is roughly 5 grams
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