Today on the Google home page worldwide is a special Google Doodle, logo, for the 131st anniversary of the hole puncher. The hole punch dates back to the German inventor Friedrich Soennecken who filed his patent on November 14, 1886 in his Papierlocher für Sammelmappen. Since then it has been an office staple for the past 130 plus years.

The Google Doodle is pretty fun, with the Google logo being made out of the punched holes from colored paper.

Google’s Doodler, Gerben Steenks, wrote:

Here is a photo of Friedrich Soennecken’s hole punch:

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