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In 1938, Laszlo Biro noticed newspaper ink dried instantly while his fountain pen kept smudging, what he invented next 'revolutionised' writing foreverA Hungarian journalist, Laszlo Biro, noticed newspaper ink dried fast. This led him to invent the ballpoint pen. He replaced fountain pen i...
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