IT'S A KEEPER: This is one pen you won't be lending. French jeweler Tournaire and Bic have teamed up to give the inexpensive Bic Cristal, no less than the world's most-sold ballpoint pen ...

Pen company Bic has confirmed the reason for the hole in the lid on the FAQs section on its website. "The reason that some BIC® pens have a hole in their cap is to prevent the cap from completely ...

BIC Cristal, one of the oldest pen companies ... million times and many people were shocked by the reason by the pen lid design, and many people admitted to chewing on pen lids as a child.

Pop open a fresh box of Bic Cristals and you’ll come face to face with a bunch of holes. As an everyday function, that hole in the pen cap equalizes pressure so that uncapping and capping the pen ...