A FEW THINGS ABOUT... Pencils

Around 1560, an Italian couple named Simonio and Lyndiana Bernacotti made what are likely the first blueprints for the modern, wood-encased carpentry pencil. Their version was a flat, oval, more compact type of pencil. Their concept involved the hollowing out of a stick of juniper wood. Shortly thereafter, a superior technique was discovered: two wooden halves were carved, a graphite stick inserted, and the halves then glued together—essentially the same method in use to this day.

Here are a few more interesting things about PENCILS!...

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CELEBRITY FACTS #5

Kiera Knightley fell asleep at the premiere of her film...

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CANADIAN FACTS #7 - A Beaver Dam In Alberta is so Huge it can be Seen From Space

Talk about busy as a beaver. These ones have been busy for over 40 years!
The massive 850-metre long (2,800 feet) dam was first spotted on satellite photos in 2007 - in Wood Buffalo National Park, about 190 kilometres (118 miles) northeast of Fort McMurray.

Most dams are reported to be anywhere from 30 to 300 feet at their longest, but this dam, almost 3000 feet, sprawls out in a birdlike kind of shape.

Thie says construction probably started around the mid-1970s, but that it clearly continues today.

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