The Makers Of The World's Most Recognized Pencil Continue To Change The Shape Of Writing. It's A Triangular Shaped Pencil That Eases Writing Stress By Allowing Maximum Surface Contact Between The Pencil And The Fingers. Ergonomic Experts Say The New Three-sided Pencil, Called The Tri-Conderoga, Is The World's Most Comfortable Pencil. Larger Than A Normal No. 2 Pencil, The Triangular Shape Is More Comfortable And Easier For Consumers To Grip And Use Than Traditional Round Or Hexagonal-shaped Pencils. And With The Wave Of Sudoku Raging The Nation, The Tri-Conderoga Is A Natural Choice For Puzzle Lovers Everywhere.Here Are Some Facts That Will Sharpen Your Knowledge About Pencils: 8226; More Than Two Billion Pencils Are Used In The United States Every Year. 8226; A Pencil Will Write In Zero Gravity. 8226; The Average Pencil Can Be Sharpened 17 Times And Can Write 45,000 Words Or Draw A Line 35 Miles Long. 8226; Seventy-five Percent Of The Pencils Sold In The United States Are Yellow. 8226; The Ticonderoga No. 2 Is The World's Best-selling Pencil. 8226; Famous Novelists Ernest Hemingway And John Steinbeck Used Pencils To Write Their Books; Steinbeck Used As Many As 25 Cedar Pencils Every Day. 8226; One Million Pencils Are Used Each Year On The Floor Of The New York Stock Exchange. 8226; Pencils Did Not Have Erasers On Them Until 100 Years Ago, Because Teachers Felt They Would Encourage Children To Make Mistakes. 8226; Francis Scott Key Wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" In Pencil. The Triangular-shaped Tri-Conderoga Is Like The Familiar No. 2 Pencil With Style. It Is Made Entirely Of Premium California Incense Cedar, Has A "soft-touch" Finish And Sports A Latex-free Black Eraser That Ensures Smudge-proof Corrections. The Tri-Conderoga Is Non-toxic And Certified By The Pencil Manufacturers Association, Making It Safe For Everyone. This New Pencil Is Available At Staples Stores Throughout The Country.
