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In a world, where there's an app for, well, almost

everything, it can seem that old-school writing tools like lead pencils are going the way of the

dinosaur. After all, why go through the hassle of sharpening one of those yellow wooden writing

things, only to have the tip break off a few minutes into your writing? And if you can type 40

words a minute with your thumbs, come on, why not? Well, break off a few minutes into your writing. And if you can type 40 words a minute

with your thumbs, come on, why not? Well, apparently, quite a few of us are stuck to our old ways,

because about 14 billion pencils are sold worldwide every year. Pencils, as we know them today,

got their start in the mid-16th century. A Swiss naturalist named Conrad Gessner published a drawing of graphite inside of a wood tube, NPR reports.

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