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Everything You Need to Know

Resource Guides from Data, Video and Fiber Optics, to our exclusive and odd-ball ‘Did You Knows’.

 

 

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• RHW, RHW-2, USE-2 and RHH Building Wire – Explained
• THHN vs. XHHW: What Is the Difference?
• 4K Ultra HD vs. 1080p Full HD
• High Speed HDMI with Ethernet vs. High Speed HDMI
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• Singlemode vs. Multimode Fiber Optic Patch Cables
• Singlemode vs. Multi-Mode SFPs

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Did You Know:

• Lightening strikes the Earth approximately 8 million times a day
• When we are born we have 300 bones, but as we age some bones fuse and as an adult we have about 206 bones
• 11% of the land on Earth is used for growing crops
• 97% of the water on Earth is not drinkable
• The diameter of the moon is approximately the distance from New York to Los Angeles
• You cannot sneeze while asleep
• Only 10% of the world’s population lives in the southern hemisphere
• The average person walks the equivalent of 4 times around the Earth in their life
• SILENT and LISTEN have the same letters

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