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1. What year were erasers first added to pencils? It was the same year that Minnesota was admitted to the Union.
2. You've probably heard of left-handed scissors, but did you know there are also left-handed pencils? What makes them different from "rightie" pencils?
3. Why do most pencils have six sides?
4. Which famous brand of pencil shares a name with a US Revolutionary War fort located in New York?
5. The world's most expensive pencil is perhaps the Graf von Faber-Castell Perfect Pencil. In 2013, it cost $245. It contains a built-in sharpener and non-smudging eraser. What is it made of?
6. You know the #2 pencils from those days of standardized testing, but how well do you know the other types of pencils? Which grade of pencil is the softest and the darkest?
7. Which important piece of American history was written with a pencil?
8. Now let's move on to famous people who often used or popularized the pencil. Which artist only used Faber pencils for his work?
9. One certain inventor kept a custom made three-inch pencil with him at all times. Name this famous inventor.
10. Artist Dalton Ghetti is famous for his carvings in the lead of pencils. One of his designs serves as a memorial to all that perished in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It is made up of 3,000 individual carvings, each of a ______.
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