7 Pointless Workplace Item Facts

You didn't know these. And probably didn't want to...

1. This bread tastes like rubber. Oh, wait...

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Before the invention of the eraser, people used breadcrumbs or crusts of bread to rub stuff out. The inventor of the eraser accidentally picked up a piece of rubber instead of the bread and discovered that it could easily remove pencil markings!

2. Everlasting rubber bands

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Refrigerating rubber bands makes them last longer.

3. Worked to death. Literally...

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Roughly 10,000 workers drop dead at their desks as a result of 60 – 70 hour work weeks in Japan. The phenomenon is known as “Karoshi”

4. Get to the point

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The average pencil can be sharpened 17 times, write 45,000 words or draw a line 35 miles long

5. Sit down on the sit down.

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The word 'chair' came from 'cathedra', a Latin word from words meaning 'sit' and 'down'. Er. You can have this one thanks.

6. Why that's a pretty butterfly. Oh nooooo....

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20% of all photocopier repairs are required due to damage caused by somebody’s rear-end putting too much pressure on the glass.

7. Online Security 101

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"123456" is the all-time most popular password. Oh puh-lease...