And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: March 30th, 1858, 156 years ago today . . . the day a Philadelphia inventor made his mark. For that was the day Hyman Lipman patented the first pencil ...

Erasers are a staple in any stationery kit, often used to correct mistakes when writing or drawing with a pencil. Whether it’s at school, work, or during an art project, they serve as a handy tool to ...

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You’re using pencil, fast and furious, to scribble notes when you make a mistake. Maybe after all these years you’re still mixing up b’s and d’s. No matter, because on the other end of your writing ...