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When old magnetic tape turns into sticky goo
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Old-school magnetic tape reels look incredibly nostalgic until they spontaneously dissolve into a horrifying adhesive mess. Known as 'sticky-shed syndrome', the chemical binder used to hold the magnetic particles to the plastic backing absorbs moisture over time and turns into a sticky sludge. Preserving old archival data often involves literally baking the tapes in an oven just to make them readable one last time.
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