With the SAT and ACT testing season about to kick into high gear, I poked around on the Internet to find about more about pencils. Here are 10 facts about pencils that you probably didn't know. 1.

If you've ever stared at your No. 2 pencil and wondered "why are pencils yellow?" you can take solace in the fact that around 210 people a month are typing that very question into an online search ...

LONDON: Lowe Bull Gauteng's “Meet Wally's Heart” won one of South Africa's two Yellow Pencils at the annual D&AD awards at The Roundhouse in Chalk Farm, London, last night, Thursday, 11 June 2009.

JWT Melbourne earned two Yellow Pencils in the Mobile Marketing category for its 'Wi-Fiction' campaign for the Melbourne Writers Festival. JWT Shanghai's 'Heaven and Hell campaign' for Samsonite won ...

Most of us pick up pencils—and lose them—without giving them a second thought. Pencils are a bit more interesting than you might, think, though. Here are a few not-so-frequently asked questions about ...