Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The idea of perforating the caps of pens appears to have started in the United Kingdom, where a new safety standard was adopted in ...

We all use pens, but have you ever noticed that there is a small hole in the pen cap, whether it is the BIC's ballpoint pen or the Reynolds? Most pens have a hole in the cap. Science has progressed a ...

Perhaps best known as the Bic Biro, the pen has been ubiquitous since its launch, with a clear, hexagonal plastic case and bold cap. Its manufacturer, Société Bic, revealed in 2006 that it had sold ...