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[Partially incorrect, see comments.] Pens in Space (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The theme is to pretend recently-learned information was available half a century ago, and also to ignorantly inflate its importance. It turns out exposure to graphite dust in large concentrations can cause respiratory problems (like any kind of dust), but the amount of graphite emitted into the air by pencil use is insignificant, even in zero gravity.