Storage on Mac Mini

Hello,
Under "about this mac>more information", the Storage tab tells me "other" is taking up 90 Gigs of space.  What is "other"?  This section is almost twice as large as any other classification.

The "Other" catagory is anything that doesn't fit the
listed types (Photos,Apps,etc.).  Even though, some
movies, audio etc. may get lumped into other if the
file is a type OSX does not recognize.

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