We can all remember the crisply beveled edges of our cheery-yellow No. 2 pencil, the cool, smooth feel of a chalk-powdered blackboard, the gritty red bricks of the schoolhouse walls. Surely that all wasn\u2019t just an illusion? No, of course not. But\u2014as it turns out\u2014it kind of is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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