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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT BOOKS

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fact №1
People began to read in silence only
in the IV century AD.
Before that, mankind had always read aloud.
fact №2
The world's first newspaper appeared in Rome more than two thousand years ago. It was called "Events of the Day", but there was no news in it, only decrees and announcements.

It should be noted at once that it is not very correct to say that the Romans were the ones who introduced the newspaper system, because in the early years of Rome there was simply no paper. But the Romans had something very similar to newspapers. They used to write current affairs on stone or metal plates. These tablets were then placed in places where people could read them. Such publications were called Acta Diurna or Daily Affairs. This Roman invention had the same purpose as newspapers, providing Roman citizens with the information they needed and covering current events.




This is what the first newspaper looked like

fact №3

The oldest printed color book, the Chinese Guide to Calligraphy and Drawing, was created in 1633.
Manual of Calligraphy and Painting
for many years it remained closed because people feared it would turn to dust.
In 2015, the book was digitized, so we can look at what books looked like in seventeenth-century China.

fact №4

Until the 18th century, books in some libraries were chained to shelves that were long enough for visitors to read comfortably but could not take the book out of the library.
fact №5
The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius paid the poet Oppiana a gold coin for each line written
Oppian wrote two poems, about fishing and hunting, earning
twenty thousand coins.

fact №6

If you read 10 pages every day, there will be 3650 of them in a year, which is at least 12 books.
fact №7
33% of Americans have not read a single book after graduating. Although the United States has 7 times more libraries than McDonald's.

fact №8

US President Theodore Roosevelt read one book a day,
and David Bowie - 3-4 books a week.

fact №9

The expression "bookworm" comes from tiny insects that feed on the roots of books.

fact №10

Nike founder Phil Knight allows only those who have taken off their shoes to visit their own library.
зNike founder Phil Knight

fact №11

In English, there is a separate term for books - bibliosmia. And the fear that you will not have anything to read is called abibliophobia.

fact №12

The most famous book thief, American Steven Bloomberg, stole 23,000 books from 268 libraries for a total of $ 5 million. And the book that has been stolen a record number of times in the world is the Guinness Book of Records.

fact №13

Until 1985, American publishers often used lead in ink for printing. Therefore, it is now prohibited in the United States to sell or transfer children's books that are over 33 years old without a lead test.

fact №14

In 2010, the Library of Congress announced the creation of a Twitter archive of absolutely all tweets. However, in 2017 it was decided to keep only socially important tweets.

fact №15

"The German Dictionary" is considered to be the largest in the world. The Grimm brothers began compiling it in 1854, other lesser-known authors continued the work, and the work was completed in 1961. The dictionary has 34,519 pages and is published in 33 volumes.
Today the dictionary weighs 84 kilograms. However, it is only available
in digital format. Trier University, for example, provides free access. The Brothers Grimm laid the foundation for a monumental work that entered the Guinness Book of Records many years later.

fact №16

At various times, books such as "To Kill a Mockingbird" (Harper Lee), "Lolita" (V. Nabokov), "The Catcher in the Rye", (Salinger), "1984" and "Animal Farm" (Orwell) and even "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (M. Twain) and "Harry Potter" (J. Rawlings).

fact №17

Only 2% of books in the world are sold in excess
500,000 copies. Average circulation of books in Ukraine -
3000 copies.

fact №18

In his books, William Shakespeare used the word "love" 10 times more often than "hate".
fact №19

When reading, almost 50% of the time our eyes look at different letters.

In this case, the lines of view can both diverge in different directions

and intersect.

fact №20

Neuropsychologists agree that reading reduces stress by 68%.







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