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v1DR7 TIL pencils have never had lead in them. Ever. It's always been graphite.
JY1JQ TIL that Nuremburg, Germany was the first place to mass-produce wooden pencils
8oML TIL pencils are painted yellow because in the 1890s, China had the best graphite in the world, and China associates the color yellow with royalty and respect.