Did you know, the fear of running out of
something to read is called Abibliophobia.
The world’s smallest book is Teeny Ted from Turnip Town.
The book is in production and measures 100 micrometers
by 70 micrometers.
There are four law books bound in human skin at the
Harvard University Library.
Fact has it that former American President Theodore
Roosevelt read one book a day. Reading every day can
reduce your stress levels and help with depression.
People say the longest sentence to ever be printed in
literature belongs to Victor Hugo. The claim is that in
Les Misérables there is a sentence which is 823 words
long.
1 in 5 adults around the world cannot read or write. In
the western world we take for granted our education
system and sometimes forget about the people in the less
privileged parts.
Up to 50 books can be made from 1 tree.
The most expensive book in the world is Codex Leicester
by Leonardo Da Vinci. It was purchased by Bill Gates for
30.8 million dollars.
In America, the most banned books are Harry Potter. The
apparent reasons are because they promote witchcraft,
they set bad examples and are too dark.
To write a novel, it takes around 475 hours.
The Holy Bible, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung
and Harry Potter are the 3 most read books in the world.
A study found that you are 2.5 times less likely to be
diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in later life if you read
regularly.
Mark Twain’s, Adventure of Tom Sawyer is said to be the
first novel written on a typewriter.
On estimate, there are over 900,000 new books published
each year.
Lord of the Ring author, J.R.R Tolkien typed the whole
trilogy with just two fingers!