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If we look at the of sulfur ($1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^4$). Since the third p orbital holds the maximum of 6 electrons and sulfur only have 4 this means that sulfur have 2 unpaired electrons.

This is why disulfur have a double bond between two sulfur atoms.

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