Ticket punch Ticket punch A ticket punch (or control nippers) is a hand tool for permanently marking admission tickets and similar items of paper or card stock. It makes a perforation and a corresponding chad. A ticket punch resembles a hole punch, differing in that the ticket punch has a longer jaw (or "reach") and the option of having a distinctive die shape. A ticket punch resembles a needle punch in that it makes a distinctive pattern in the item punched, but differs in that it makes a chad. Ticket punches are widely used to mark railway passenger tickets, particularly if it
Man of the Hole Man of the Hole Man of the Hole () is a nickname used by officials and the media to describe a man who is indigenous to Brazil and lives alone in the Amazon rainforest. He is believed to be the last surviving member of his tribe. It is unknown what language he speaks or what his tribe was called. The Man of the Hole's nickname derives from the deep hole found in each home that he has abandoned. It was originally believed that these holes were used to trap animals or for him to hide in, but some observers have