When NASA first started sending up astronauts,
they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would
not work in zero gravity.



To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a
decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, on almost
any surface including glass and at temperatures
ranging from below freezing to over 300 degress
centigrade.

The Russians used a Pencil.

Enjoy paying your taxes -- they're coming due again.

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