With the SAT and ACT testing season about to kick into high gear, I poked around on the Internet to find about more about pencils. Here are 10 facts about pencils that you probably didn't know. 1.

Love charcoal but hate the mess? Pick up a charcoal pencil, which is composed of compressed charcoal inside a protective layer, typically wood. Suitable for drawing, sketching, or smudging, a charcoal ...

It started eight years ago without any fanfare, just a simple little blog post appropriately titled "First post." And that seems appropriate for a blog that is singularly, obsessively concerned with ...

Most of us pick up pencils—and lose them—without giving them a second thought. Pencils are a bit more interesting than you might, think, though. Here are a few not-so-frequently asked questions about ...

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. I was born with virtually no eyebrows. Okay, I’m being dramatic, but seriously, my ...

MELBOURNE, Feb 22 — One of my favourite comic stories is an adaptation of novelist Neil Gaiman’s 2012 keynote address at the University of the Arts. Gaiman ends his speech by advising the fresh ...