More Things I Didn't Need to Know

I'm experimenting with a new tool, Clipmarks (link below). This from BoingBoing

clipped from boingboing.net Pencils made from cremated humans Artist Nadine Jarvis can fabricate pencils from carbon left over by incinerating human remains -- it's part of a larger "research project into post mortem." She notes that "240 pencils can be made from an average body of ash - a lifetime supply of pencils for those left behind." Link (via Cribcandy)