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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsIn case you ever wondered????
"..there are ... times when you come across a day-to-day application of technology that's so simple and yet so important, it reminds you what all this innovation is about. Case in point: that ubiquitous hole at the top of your BIC pen cap
Article solves the mystery (not what you might think) AND - as an extra bonus - why air plane windows are NOT square.
http://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-why-there-are-holes-in-the-tops-of-pen-caps
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In case you ever wondered???? (Original Post)
packman
May 2016
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Wounded Bear
(58,765 posts)1. I haven't bought one of those style pens in so long...
I didn't know they started putting a hole there.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)2. I actually knew that.
I was an art teacher.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)3. I prefer my 1947 Parker51...
but thanks for the link.
burrowowl
(17,654 posts)4. K&R!!!!!!