Over 2 billion pencils are manufactured annually in the U.S. If these pencils were laid down from tip to tip, they would be able to circle the globe nine times. The average lead pencil will draw a line that is 35 miles long.
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Pencils are yellow because of Chinese royalty. In the 1800s, the best graphite in the world came from China. The Americans wanted to pay tribute to the Chinese for the graphite used in their pencils. Yellow means royalty and respect in China, which is why the Americans manufactured their pencils in yellow. To this day, the default colour for pencils is still yellow.