Ever wondered how a pencil is made? Me too, so I will join you as we watch the following video. It's from pencil-maker Staedtler. Just imagine that I am sitting at your side, perhaps sipping a coffee ...

Despite the name, pencils have never been made with lead. They’re made with graphite, a form of carbon. Just where does graphite come from, and why did we decided to write with it? NPR took a look ...

Prices allow the pencil makers to quickly set aside numerous procedures for making pencils that would result in functioning pencils, but at the cost of squandering natural or labor resources better ...

Roald Dahl, best-selling author of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” sharpened six of them each day before he started writing. ESPN football analyst Lee Corso often holds one on TV. The iconic ...

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Sharp, dull, bitten, broken or whittled down to a stub: The pencil, no matter what its condition, holds a special place in the popular imagination. After all, our first writing utensil will always be ...