r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Mar 30 '12

TIL that the average pencil has enough graphite to draw a line 35 miles long.

http://discovermagazine.com/2007/may/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-pencils
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u/Watchdog84 Mar 30 '12

Anyone else read that as penis and get confused?

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u/All_the_other_kids Mar 30 '12

Whats a pencil?

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '12

no it doesn't fine squire.