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When Reynolds launched the first retail ballpoint pen, making $100,000 on Day 1
This was the Reynolds Rocket, the first ballpoint pen in the United States. Retailing at a steep $12.95 (about $200 today), it sold out by the end of the day, raking in a whopping $100,000 (about ...
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The Ingenious Engineering Behind the Iconic BIC Cristal Ballpoint Pen
Ewan Cunningham of Primal Space used detailed animation to explain the history and the ingenious vascular design behind the iconic BIC Cristal ballpoint pen ... the same since day one shows ...
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This Is How A Pen Changed The World
Look around you. Chances are, there’s a BiC Cristal ballpoint pen among your odds and ends. Since 1950, it has far outsold the Rubik’s Cube and even the iPhone, and yet, it’s one of the most ...
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Ballpoint vs fountain pen: which should you be writing with?
It’s a debate as old as time and has had the world’s finest intellectuals at war for years – what is better to write with, fountain pens or ballpoint pens? Okay, maybe it’s not that ...