College GameDay' great Lee Corso is always filmed with a pencil in hand, so what's the deal? It's kind of a funny story.

More clay in the mixture makes the lead harder. A harder lead has a higher number. Pencils are numbered from 1-3 but most people use a number 2. Harder lead makes a lighter mark and softer lead makes ...

The iPad manufacturer's stylus looks white and neutral. A US custom specialist is now coloring the Apple Pencil in seven colors.

No.2 pencils are widely used, but you may not know what the number actually refers to. This video explains how pencils developed into their modern form and the significance of the labeled numbers.

Pencils, erasers, ballpoint pens - it was always fun to start a new term with a new brace of equipment in your pencil case. And have you ever thought about the history behind those school essentials?