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June 10 is National Ballpoint pen day. Why celebrate such a seemingly simple item? When it was invented, the ballpoint pen was revolutionary. The writing apparatus was invented by Hungarian painter ...
Ladislao José Bíro was born 117 years ago today, and while you may not have heard of him before, you’re surely familiar with his most lasting invention: the ballpoint pen. Google’s latest Doodle ...
THE MAN who invented the ball point pen has been remembered on the Google homepage. To celebrate the 117th birthday of Ladislao José Biro, the search engine has created a special doodle for the ...
A video explaining why certain biro and ballpoint pens have a small hole at the top of the lid has caught the attention of thousands online. Zach D, who has more than two million YouTube subscribers, ...
Arguably the most important invention for the written word since the printing press, the humble biro pen is 70 years old. Invented by Hungarian Laszlo Biro, the simple plastic ballpoint, owes its ...
Ladislao José Bíro was born 117 years ago today, and while you may not have heard of him before, you’re surely familiar with his most lasting invention: the ballpoint pen. Google’s latest Doodle ...
You may not have heard of Ladislao José Biro, but you will certainly have heard of his most famous invention - the ballpoint pen. Bíro was born in 1899 in Budapest, Hungary, into a Jewish family. A ...