Few Interesting Facts About Book's Part 02

1.The oldest continuously operating bookshop in the world is Bertrand Bookshop in Lisbon, Portugal, which has been open since 1732.

2.A book called "The Codex Leicester" by Leonardo da Vinci was sold for over 30 million dollars at an auction in 1994.

3.There is a library in St. Petersburg, Russia, that has a room where all the books are made of human skin.

4.The oldest book in the British Library is a Sanskrit text from the Buddhist religion, which was written on birch bark in the early 7th century.

5.In ancient Egypt, books were written on papyrus scrolls, not bound books like we have today.

6.The first book ever sold on Amazon.com was "Fluid Concepts & Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought" by Douglas Hofstadter.

7.A library in Cheshire, England, has a book that is over 900 years old and still contains its original binding.

8.In medieval Europe, books were often chained to library shelves to prevent theft.

9.The world's first printed book with illustrations was the "Diamond Sutra," which was printed in China in 868 CE.

10.The world's largest book is the Kuthodaw Pagoda in Myanmar, which has 730 marble slabs with Buddhist scriptures inscribed on them.

11.Many medieval books were written in Latin, which was the language of the educated elite.

12.The world's largest collection of Alice in Wonderland books is housed in the Lilly Library at Indiana University.

13.In the 19th century, books were often given as gifts to children at Christmas time.

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