Interesting Facts

The average ballpoint pen can produce between two and three kilometers (up to two miles) of writing. (Not that anyone writes any more - we're all blogging!)

International safety standards state that pen tops should have a hole in the top to minimize the risk involved when children accidently inhale them. I think the idea is that you could continue to breathe throught the hole. (Anyone who knows me knows that they shouldn't just worry about children.)

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. (Did you know that is why they started to put a hole in the tops? Note to self - must stop chewing biros!)