A low-tech wonder
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Pencils have endured as writing implements for 400 years because they have functions that not even the latest technological innovations can match. Aside from being light, inexpensive and portable, pencils can be used to scratch backs, open stuck zippers or put up long hair.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest (Canadian)
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0413
Year: 1995
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A low-tech wonder
Article Abstract:
The pencil has remained an essential instrument even in this age of high technology. Retold is a brief history of the invention and evolution of the pencil and details of its various uses and users.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1992
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Ever Wonder
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Pringles potato snack was named after a street named Pringle Drive in Cincinnati, Ohio. The names inception of famous foods such as Fig Newtons, Wonder Bread, and others are examined.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 2006
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