In 2008, Louis Vuitton released the Damier Graphite canvas.

How do they do this? They have bizarre toes. They have toes that uncurl like party favors when you blow them out, and then peel off the surface, like tape.

It took thousands of people all over the world to make this pencil, Friedman said to mine the graphite, cut the wood, assemble the components, and market the final product.

The North was prepared to allow verification of the shutdown and decommissioning of its graphite moderated reactor (responsible for producing enough plutonium for several bombs), but was not prepared to allow inspections of undeclared sites.