Hymen Lipman patents the first pencil with a built-in eraser - March 30th, 1858 - a podcast by iHeartRadio & HowStuffWorks

On this day in 1858, Jamaican-born inventor Hymen Lipman registered the first patent for a pencil with a built-in eraser.

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