I came across the history of the ball point pen and found it so interesting. Here is a good link.
László Bíró patented the first commercially successful modern ball point pen. He noticed 'children playing with marbles in a puddle, noticing that the marbles left a trail of water in their wake. This gave him an idea: Why not use a ball-shaped metal nib for writing, which became the initial design idea for the ball pen.'We take the ball point pen for granted but it is interesting to know how it came to us. Of course many others continued to perfect and market it including 'Marcel Bich. He licensed the ballpoint pen designs from Bíró and created the BIC Company in 1953.' Here is another link.
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That is an interesting documentary
we humans take everything granted mostly dear Christine which is sad and unfortunate
thanks for sharing
Oh, so interesting. I do love BIC!
Imagine such inspiration from a game of marbles! Thanks for this info, Christine. Blessings!
Good morning, thank you for sharing-that was very interesting to learn
happy new week
Very interesting. Who knew?
How interesting!
I like pens and ballpoint pens, thanks for this post.
That is so cool. I always like knowing how people come up with their inventions! :-D
Thank you for teaching me something this morning.
This makes me think of the fountain pen. Is there still "pen and ink"? You've given me some homework. I will have to look up fountain pen.
So thankful for all the marvelous inventors and inventions in this world.
Interesting. I didn't know it.
How fascinating the mind is.. he was a clever man.
I never really thought about the beginning of the ball point pen. Interesting!
That was interesting to read ... thank you.
All the best Jan
Definitely a cool story, Christine. Inspiration is everywhere.
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