It's stored in your history stack. I spent 15 seconds pressing the back button slowly becoming more and more horrified as I watched my characters disappear one by one.
You can see how it works for yourself by opening your browser devtools, opening the JS console, and typing
window.location.hash = "test"
You should see a "#test" pop up at the end of your URL. Pressing back will not change the page, but will make that go away.
You can see how it works for yourself by opening your browser devtools, opening the JS console, and typing
You should see a "#test" pop up at the end of your URL. Pressing back will not change the page, but will make that go away.