Since their introduction, Post-it® Notes have always been recyclable.

Although the glue used on Post-it® Notes was created in 1968, the notes themselves were not introduced in the United States until 1980.

Artist Melynda Schwier-Gierard turns Post-it® Notes into art. Using 30 different types of folds, she uses as many as 60,000 1 1/2 x 2-inch Post-it® Notes to make her uniquely textured, wall-sized panels.

Post-it® Notes are now available in eight standard sizes, 25 shapes and 62 colors.

A 1998 workplace study of more than 1,000 U.S. workers, conducted by the Gallup Organization and the Institute for the Future, showed that the average professional receives eleven Post-it® Note messages each day.

Post-it® Flags in Smaller Size, at 1/2 inch by 1-3/4 inches, are the smallest product featuring 3M's unique repositionable adhesive. Post-it® Easel Pads, at 25 by 30 1/2 inches, are the largest.

Today, there are more than 600 Post-it® Products, sold in more than 100 countries.

A Post-it® Note featuring a charcoal and pastel drawing by artist R. B. Kitaj sold for 640 pounds during an online auction for charity in December 2000, creating a Guinness World Record for the most valuable Post-it® Note.

Post-it® Notes celebrated their 20th anniversary in 2000.

It would take approximately 506,880,000 Post-it® Notes to circle the world once. (Based on the earth's circumference of 24,000 miles and using 2-7/8 inch square Post-it® Notes.)

Dr. Spencer Silver, the 3M scientist responsible for the unique, repositionable used on Post-it® Products, retired from 3M in 1996 with more than 22 U.S. Patents to his name.

Post-it® Note inventor Art Fry was named one of "The 100 Best People in the World" by Esquire magazine.