Come to think of it. Three things.
1. ZINC
2. This
3. These
more specifically, this phenomenon.
when i was young, i bought a pair of 0-36 switches. They were out of the box and on the table for a total of 15 minutes before I broke the two of them right off. I still have them some 15+ years later and they work fine but I have not yet found a permanent solution to glue the heads of the stand back on. I think they look cool but they're too fragile for their own good.