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How Geese Made History
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2018-06-19 02:00:00
Description: It was the wing feathers of geese that supplied most of the quill pens that were humanity’s prime writing tool for more than 1200 years—from the 6th century until the 1820s, when steel pens took over. The lightweight goose quill has a hollow shaft ideal for storing ink.
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