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Pen Trivia Question: Many U.S. Presidents were prolific letter writers, especially our third president Thomas Jefferson. How many letters is it estimated that he wrote during his lifetime?Answer:...

Question:What is the difference between Cursive and Manuscript writing?Answer:Cursive writing - joins more than 50% of its lettersManuscript (print-writing) - joins fewer than 50% of its letters.

Question: How long is the longest hand written antique scroll?Answer: According to Guinness Book of World Records, the longest hand written scroll in over 85 feet long. The paper scroll is from 183...

Question: A pen by Thomas Edison is still used today. What is its purpose?Answer: The first safe electric motor driven office appliance produced and sold in the United States was an electric pen...

Pens have been used as props in motion pictures for years.Director Stanley Kubrick was indeed ahead of his time, and no film shows that more than 1968’s “2001”. The effects for the time are rather ...

Translations can be a tricky thing. One needs to be mindful of all the idiosyncrasies of the language. Jolly Green Giant translated into Arabic, for example, means "Intimidating Green Ogre."When th...

Pen Trivia Of course a pen’s primary use is to write. Sometimes, however, they become magical instruments. A Fisher Space pen earned its astronaut wings most famously during the Apollo 11 ...

In recent weeks we have all learned some trivia about pens. What about the words they write?Did you know the most commonly used letter in the alphabet is “E”?Did you know the least used letter in t...

Of course, choosing your pen is a personal preference, a subjective experience. Although rollerballs are the newest entry into the world of fine writing, with fountain pens and ballpoints paving th...