Surprising Facts About Pencil

Primary education cannot be imagined without pencil. Perhaps everybody of us has begun writing with a pencil. Actually pencil is made of graphite and coated with wood that helps to write smoothly and improve hand-writing. Even in higher classes it plays significant role to draw figures or construction of diagrams. In mid sixteen century the mass production of pencil was made in Germany. So Germany is the first country in the world to manufacture pencils on large scale.

6 Surprising facts about pencil
Six surprising facts about pencil are mentioned below : - 

1.) Every year in America about two billion pencils are used. Americans like to use pencils with erasers.
2.)17,0,0000 pencils may be manufactured from an average size of tree.
3.) About 45,000 words can be written by a pencil.
5.)160 years ago, pencil with erasers at one end invented for hassle free use.
6.) It is the most surprising that pencil can write even under water.