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László Bíró was sick of smudging the ink from his fountain pen and so he invented the ballpoint pen in 1938. Show more In 1938, László Bíró, a Hungarian journalist, invented the ballpoint ...

A video explaining why certain biro and ballpoint pens have a small hole at the top of the lid has caught the attention of thousands online. Zach D, who has more than two million YouTube ...