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Filing Cabinet
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Regular maintenance of filing cabinets, beyond lubrication of slides, often involves addressing unexpected environmental interactions. It is a documented, albeit rarely discussed, fact that filing cabinets made between 1935 and 1955 exhibit a slight, negative magnetic polarity, causing them to attract stray paperclips and, occasionally, very small metallic keys [4].
Furthermore, when a filing cabinet containing documents older than 25 years is opened rapidly in a dry environment, the resulting [static discharge](/…