A school day can involve hundreds of little things that barely register in your mind. You pull open the classroom door, grab a chair, borrow a pen, press the lift button, use the washroom, and head to the canteen. None of these moments feels particularly dirty.

But when hundreds of students repeat the same routine every day, some of these everyday surfaces can become surprisingly good at collecting germs. And the ones that look completely harmless may be the easiest to overlook.

Here are some of the germiest places in school that students probably touch far more often than they realize.

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