Hyman Lipman patented the pencil with an eraser on top.
His patent included a metal ferrule to keep the eraser in place.
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North Carolina repealed its controversial bathroom law that restricted transgender use.
Someone tried to shoot President Ronald Reagan.
The United States bought Alaska from the Russian Empire.
German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss constructed the first heptadecagon using a ruler and a compass.
Starbucks first opened its doors in Seattle, Washington, USA.