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 ...
When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...
Although his name may not be immediately familiar, Ladislao José Biro’s world-famous invention – the ballpoint pen - now used by millions across the world certainly is. Described as “a simple but ...
A Hungarian journalist, Laszlo Biro, noticed newspaper ink dried fast without smudging. This led him to invent the ballpoint ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eight decades later, it's still the world's most-used writing instrument Ladislao José Bíro was born 117 years ago today, and ...
__1943: __ Brothers László and Georg Bíró, Hungarian refugees living in Argentina, patent the ballpoint pen. A half-century-old idea is coming to commercial fruition. Lewis Waterman's invention of a ...
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 ...
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 ...