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Tag results: Office supplies

Yikes! You Call That a Pencil?

How a pencil made out of compressed particle boards became a schoolyard fad—and what that pencil line has to do with olestra.

Sep 24, 2021

Dual-Pronged

Pondering the staple, and separately, the stapler, as they came together over time to saddle a few stitches and inspire a few tall tales.

Oct 18, 2018

Let's Talk Toner

The Xerox photocopier was an impressive display of technology that seemed to come out of nowhere. But it was artists who really tested the device's limits.

May 05, 2016

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