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Show Puzzlin' Pencils A LEAD pencil Is a strange thing if you think about it There isn't any lead in a "lead" pencil. A piece of chalk Is a pen-ciL pen-ciL So is a paint brush! The ancient Egyptians had pencils pen-cils made of real lead but the pencils you use today are made of graphite. Graphite Is a mineral also known as black lead only there isn't any lead in it at all. It' really a kind of carbon. The first "pencils" were not even made for writing. They were part of an artist's equipment really very fine brushes. Certain paint brushes are today called pencils. Puzzlin', Isn't it? |