5 Things To Do with Pencils

Pencils aren’t just for writing. They’re great helpmates around the house for opening doors, jazzing up a boring picture frame or getting that jacket zipped up. Click through our photo gallery to see five ways pencils can make your life easier.

From Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things, Reader’s Digest Australia

The earliest graphite pencils were enclosed in string instead of wood.

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