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TIL the adhesive used on Post-It notes was developed in research at 3M by a scientist Dr. Silver as a failed super strength adhesive. For years Silver could not think of a use for it until his fellow scientist Art Fry considered its use to hold notes in his hymnal to mark pages for choir practice.

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