Claim(permalink)
People initially used bread to erase pencil marks until 1770, when Edward Nairne accidentally picked up a piece of rubber instead of bread to erase some marks.
✓snopescom rating: uncertain; published on 2021-04-08
Factors
veracity
uncertain
Political Leaning
left political leaning
Sentiment
neutral sentiment
Date published
2021-04-08
Entities
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