Mechanical pencil history notes that in 1913 Charles R. Keeran invented the Eversharp Pencil, the first mass-produced mechanical pencil to combine a simple propelling mechanism with large lead capacity and robust, ergonomically sound design.
The method of eating hummus usually involves dipping pita bread, flatbread, crackers or tortilla chips into the hummus mix. Additionally, it can be found accompanying fish, eggplant, chicken, falafel and meze.
Hummus variations. There are, of course, numerous sensible ways to jazz up hummus: with whole chickpeas and olive oil, (toasted) pine nuts, smoky paprika and various Middle Eastern spice, herb and seed mixes (dukkah, zaâatar, sumac). However, hummus is not endlessly versatile.