Pop open a fresh box of Bic Cristals and you’ll come face to face with a bunch of holes. As an everyday function, that hole in the pen cap equalizes pressure so that uncapping and capping the pen ...

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 ...

The hole in the caps of ballpoint pens is there to prevent choking accidents. Our vented caps comply with international safety standards ISO11540. These standards attempt to minimize the risk to ...

The idea of perforating the caps of pens appears to have started in the United Kingdom, where a new safety standard was adopted in 1990 (BS 7272). Between 1970 and 1984, nine children in the United ...

A viral Instagram video about pen lids is blowing some users’ minds while other smartypants say it’s recycled information. Content creator Zack D. posts “A Collection of Things That I Find Interesting ...

If you’re an avid pen chewer, or even just a diehard fan of writing by hand, you’re probably well acquainted with the small hole that tops off most ballpoint pen caps, particularly those classic Bic ...