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According to the Bic website, the reason for the hole in the top of biro pen lids is to allow the passage of air if someone accidentally swallows the cap and it becomes trapped in their windpipe.

Look around you. Chances are, there’s a BiC Cristal ballpoint pen among your odds and ends. Since 1950, it has far outsold the Rubik’s Cube and even the iPhone, and yet, it’s one of the most ...

A video explaining why certain biro and ballpoint pens have a small hole ... shared an interesting video regarding pen lids. In the short clip, he said most people believe it has something to ...

He considered the new ‘ball point’ pen launched by the Reynolds company in the United States, and was mystified by the allure of this expensive instrument that produced what he considered as ...

Biro pen, for it is one of my favourite tools to use as sketching. This is Part of my mystic work. Credits: myself There have been no comments made here yet. 2d, biro, drawing, fantasy It's a ...

Between 1970 and 1984, nine children in the United Kingdom died as a result of choking on pen caps. "No such deaths have occurred since the U.K. adopted the international safety standard," a 2004 ...