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Post-it Inventor, Arthur Fry

It’s been 30 years since the invention of one of my favourite organisational tools… the Post-it Note. Invented by Arthur Fry, an American inventor and scientist, when he couldn’t get standard scraps of paper to mark certain pages of his hymn book.

Over the past thirty years, these little bits of paper with a dab of glue have become quite famous! I believe over six billion (yes, billion) are sold in over 800 countries around the world every year.

And personally, I am sure I’m responsible for at least 10% of those sales. Haha! I always like to have a good stack of my ‘coloured memory pads’ near me at all times. On the desk, atop the fridge, next to the bed… they’re never too far away.

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