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the only writer that never runs out of ink because it never had any
means A slender writing or drawing instrument, typically a thin core of graphite encased in wood, that makes erasable marks.
from From Latin 'penicillus,' meaning 'little tail' or 'little brush' — a diminutive of 'peniculus' (brush), itself from 'penis' in its original Latin sense of 'tail.' The earliest pencils really were tiny brushes used for fine painting; the word crossed into English through Old French 'pincel.' Only later, when graphite was discovered and sheathed in wood, did 'pencil' attach to the dry, brushless tool we know — leaving it forever named after a soft little tail it no longer has.
- no lead
- It's graphite and clay, never poisonous lead
- line length
- One pencil draws about 35 miles
- space proof
- Works upside down, underwater, in zero gravity
- word count
- Writes roughly 45,000 words before vanishing
- erasable
- Outsold pens by adding a rubber afterthought
faber castell 9000 — german pencil manufacturer's flagship product since 1905, still the world's best-selling wooden pencil
staedtler noris — german pencil brand's iconic yellow hexagonal pencil, produced since 1913 with over 2 billion sold
ticonderoga yellow — american pencil brand owned by dixon ticonderoga since 1938, standard in us schools