In this article, we will talk about some interesting facts related to books. We mostly use books to acquire knowledge in schools and colleges. When young child starts learning read in starting, so it starts with books.

There are some interesting facts about Books:

1. The first book written using a typewriter was "The Adventure of Tom Sawyer", the author of this book was Mark Twin

2. The age of the book can be known from the smell coming in old books, because some chemicals are responsible for its smell.

3. We all know how important trees are for humans and about 50 books can also be made from a tree.

4. One study found that people who read books regularly are 2 times less likely to have Alzheimer disease.

5. The world's smallest book is TENY TED which was written by Turnip Town. This book is also recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. And the length of this book is 100 micrometers and width is 70 micrometers.

6. In old books, there is a strange smell, that smell is called "Bibliosmia".

7. The longest sentence ever written is by Victor Hugo. It is claimed that there is a sentence in the book Les Misérables, which is 823 words long.

8. World Book Day is celebrated every year on 23 April.

9. The world's most expensive book is 'Codex Leicester' by Leonardo Da Vinci, bought by Bill Gates in 1994 for $ 30.8 million. If inflation is added to it, the book will cost $ 53.3 million.

10. The best-selling and most read book in the world is 'Bible'.

11. The thickest published book is 'The Complete Miss Marple'. This book is 12.67 inches wide and 4,032 pages long. The book is a collection of 20 short stories and 12 mystery novels by the author Agatha Christie.

12. The first book to be printed through the printing machine was the Gutenberg Bible, which Gutenberg himself published in 1453 with the help of his own printing press.