Pencil

A pencil will write in zero gravity, upside down, and under water!

More than 14 billion pencils are produced in the world every year - enough to circle the globe 62 times.

Pencils don't really contain lead.That gray matter is graphite and clay.

Two billion pencils are made in the United States each year.

The pencil was invented more than 400 years ago, in 1565.

Pencils didn't have erasers on them until 100 years ago because teachers felt they would encourage children to make mistakes.

A good-size tree will make about 300,000 pencils.

In 1908 A.C. Steward developed a press that could imprint round pencils.

Seeing a pencil in your dream indicates that you are making a temporary impact in a situation. It may also suggest that a relationship may not last long.

Dreaming that you are sharpening a pencil, suggests that you need to be more flexible in your way of thinking.

More than 2 billion pencils are used in the United States every year, and most of them have erasers! However, most pencils sold in Europe do not have erasers!