In the Lord of the Rings fandom there’s a persistent debate whether balrogs, or Durin’s Bane specifically, have wings. The text in Fellowship is ambiguous whether what it is describing are literal wings or something else wing-like.
In the Lord of the Rings fandom there’s a persistent debate whether balrogs, or Durin’s Bane specifically, have wings. The text in Fellowship is ambiguous whether what it is describing are literal wings or something else wing-like.
Sure. But it’s not just about the tube. It’s mostly about the ball.
At last - China learns how to make a ballpoint pen
That’s from 2017. Until then, China had to rely on importing the little steel balls from Switzerland despite making 80% of the world’s pens.
There’s no ball in fountain pens though which is what I’m talking about.
Oh right. Well, it’s still quite a cool fact. I’m not really into pens.