Interesting Facts about Reading
Here are the interesting facts about reading you didn’t know!
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Francis Bacon once said, “Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.”
Francis Bacon was an English Renaissance statesman and philosopher, best known for his promotion of the scientific method.
Longest book in the world
The Guinness Book of World Records gives the honor to Marcel Proust’s elephantine Remembrance of Things Past, weighing in at 9,609,000 characters (including spaces).
It was written by Marcel Proust who was from France, in 1912.
Reading Is What Smart People Do
Reading plays an integral role in developing our intelligence and problem-solving and analytical skills. Good reasons to do more of it. We’ve all had it embedded within us since the day we were born: The only way to become smarter, no matter what you study or where you are, is to read.
The most sold book is the Bible.
The Bible is sold all over the world, which makes it the most sold book there is!
At an estimate, there are 5 billion printed copies of it around the world.
Wow!