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Aug. 2, 2010 - With a translation of Minizyl, Junk informs you that...
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A VERY long line

As of 2005, one hundred billion Bic pens have been sold all over the world. It represents enough ink to draw a line from here to Pluto and come back… more than 20 times.


Details:

This is a rough estimate, considering that the distance between Earth and Pluto is not constant but is at least 4.28 billion km (which is only 2.14 billion pens at the rate of 2 km per pen).
Please note that the original Bic (Bic Cristal) is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Arts in New York City as a symbol of industrial design.

Sources:

The Guardian – Bic Sales
Moma – Bic Cristal Ballpoint pen

Spincredible! - Spitiful.


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# (0) tokogod - April 20, 2011 - 05:07
tokogod

well, that’s a long line

 
Well said!    --    Bah.

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