Do you get the point? Today is
Ball Point Pen Day, marking 75 years since the ball point pen was patented.
Here are some fun facts about the pen:
* An average of 100 people die each year from choking on a ballpoint pen.
* In the past, ballpoint pens were bent in order to increase the
pen’s capacity of ink, but they were later produced with straight rods
in order to save money.
* In almost all European languages, ballpoint pens are named using the word “ball.”
* László Bíró, the inventor of the ballpoint pen, died on October 24, 1985 (aged 86).
* 125 ballpoint pens are sold every second.
* One-third of the ballpoint pens in the United States are owned by BIC.
* Since 1983, BIC has sold more than 7,000,000,000 ballpoint pens in the United States.
* An average person in the United States uses 4.3 pens annually.
* A ballpoint pen has a lifespan of about 50,000 words.
* The most expensive ballpoint pen in the world is the Mont Blanc Ball Point which costs $730,000.
