The St. Louis City Museum has the largest graphite pencil in the world. It is 76 feet long and weighs 18,000 pounds. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://vimeo.com/64984221
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WTF Fun Fact – Space Pen
The specially created NASA Space Pen is used instead of a simple pencil because the graphite contained in pencils is conductive and can cause short circuits and potentially fires. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Yellow Pencils
Pencils are typically yellow because the best graphite came from China in the 19th century. Creative pencil manufacturers began to color their pencils yellow (a royal color in Chinese culture) to indicate their high quality and associate them with China. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://blog.pencils.com/why-are-pencils-yellow/
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How many miles of lines can the average pencil draw – WTF fun facts