Last updated on July 5th, 2024 at 03:22 pm

@Regrann from @worlddaycalendar – August 9th is:
? Book Lovers Day
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
National Hand Holding Day
National Polka Day
National Rice Pudding Day
National Veep Day
✔️Happy Book Lovers Day! Tag a book lover❤️.
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A few fun facts ??:
• The most expensive book ever purchased was sold for $30.8 million. It was Codex Leicester by Leonardo Da Vinci, and it was purchased by Bill Gates.
• There’s a word for loving the smell of old books: bibliosmia.
• The longest sentence ever printed is 823 words. It’s in Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables.
• The first book ever written using a typewriter was The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
• Icelandic people read more than anyone. (Perhaps it’s due in part to the weather?)
• Can you guess which 3 books are the three most read books in the world? I’ll post the answer later.
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?:Brenda Eckhardt