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TIL that Foxconn factories manufactured an estimated 40% of all consumer electronics sold worldwide. This includes BlackBerry, iPad, iPhone 11, iPod, Kindle, Nintendo 3DS, Nokia devices, Xiaomi devices, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and several CPU sockets.

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