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Long door cylinders can be snapped at the middle

The weak point sits where the lock body meets the handle plate A standard euro profile cylinder is a pear-shaped barrel that projects from the door, and the point where it crosses the lock case is its weakest section. A thief can grip the projecting part and bend it until it snaps, then turn the stub with a screwdriver. Cylinders rated for security use hardened inserts or break away cleanly at a sacrificial line. It sits in Mondo's everyday life collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The weak point sits where the lock body meets the handle plate. The figure is taken from British Standards Institution, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a everyday life fact?: Yes. It sits on the Everyday Life shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.