book, n.Trivia

Iceland has a Christmas Eve tradition, Jolabokaflod, where family and friends exchange books, which they read together while eating chocolate

Books in dusty rooms are protected by pseudoscorpions (2 to 8mm long) which feed on booklice and dust mites.

Iceland has more authors, more books published, and more books read per person than anywhere else in the world.

A book can survive underwater if frozen first.

Jails in Brazil reduce the sentences of their prisoners by 4 days (up to 48 days a year) for every book they read and write a report on.

The Library of Congress contains over 40 million books.

The longest book title contains 1,809 words.

The Library of Congress has over 600 miles of shelves.