There are some inventions that look completely pointless to the untrained eye: who would ever need a motorized garbage can, an electric pencil sharpener or a battery-powered eraser? Quite often ...

The pencil “lead” is actually a mixture of graphite and clay. More clay in the mixture makes the lead harder. A harder lead has a higher number. Pencils are numbered from 1-3 but most people use a ...

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Did you know that some pencil erasers contain synthetic rubber, fillers, and even pumice? Pumice is a mineral that has long been used to rub away errors, as it has a mild, abrasive texture that’s ...

Pencils, erasers, ballpoint pens - it was always fun to start a new term with a new brace of equipment in your pencil case. And have you ever thought about the history behind those school essentials?

Object-swallowing disorders, like pica, may also cause foreign objects in the body. Pica is a behavioral disorder that causes a person to compulsively eat nonfood items that have no nutritional value.

Under Settings > Apple Pencil Pro, there are options to change the actions that occur when you squeeze or double-tap the ...

Even the stars with the most iconic arches get a boost from brow pencils. WireImage; Getty Images; Getty Images for HISTORY; Revolve; Sephora Page Six may be compensated and/or receive an ...

With iOS 18.1 developer beta 3, Apple added the Clean Up feature to the Photos app. It's like Magic Eraser in Google Photos, so we put the two photo-editing features to the test. Magic Eraser has ...

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