Caroline Weaver: Why the pencil is perfect
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Why are pencils shaped like hexagons, and how did they get their iconic yellow color? Pencil shop owner Caroline Weaver takes us inside the fascinating history of the pencil.
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- Internet Archive, in TED Talks
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- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as the Internet Archive states it.
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