What is one item you own that you really should throw away.....but probably never will?

What is one item you own that you really should throw away.....but probably never will?
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An old broken pen. It was the first prize I ever won for doing good at school. I got it when I was seven and it’s still there… in my stationary bucket on my desk :)
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