Wierd Facts!!!

There are over 129 million books in existence.

The most expensive book ever purchased was sold for $30.8 million.

There’s a word for loving the smell of old books.

The three most read books in the world are The Holy Bible, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, and Harry Potter.

Chewbacca the Wookie was inspired by George Lucas’ dog.

Chewbacca’s name is Russian in origin.

Chewbacca’s signature bandolier (and bowcaster) came about so he wouldnt be seen as being totally naked.

King Minos of Crete had the first ever flushing closet recorded in history and this was over 2800 years ago.

A toilet was discovered in the tomb of a Chinese King of the Western Han dynasty, dating back as far as 206 B.C.

Ancient Romans already had a sewage system running and they built latrines and outhouses over sources of running water and poured into the Tiber River.

In the early 1900s, the number of factories in the United States that manufactured brooms reached over 1000, although later, this number dropped by at least two thirds.

Brooms created before the 1800s were generally made by people at home, and were often impractical bundles of branches, grass and other fragile objects that collapsed under a few uses.

Witches are commonly associated with ‘besom’ style brooms, that have a long handle protruding from the centre of a bundle of bristles, as they are said to ride on them for transport purposes.

An average human being spends 6 whole years of his/her life dreaming.

An average person's dream is forgotten and in just 10 minutes, 90 percent of the dream is gone with the wind. However, if awakened at the REM (rapid eye movement sleep) stage, that person is more likely to remember the dream.

In a survey, it was found that between 18-38% of people have experienced at least one precognitive (future sight - acquisition of future information) dream and 70% experienced déjà vu. Furthermore, 63-98% people believe that it's possible to have a precognitive dream.

There are actually three different PC keyboards: the original PC keyboard with 84 keys, the AT keyboard also with 84 keys and the enhanced keyboard with 101 keys.

The UK keyboard has 1 more key than the U.S. keyboard.
The Alt key to the right of the space bar is replaced by an AltGr key. The # symbol is replaced by the £ symbol and a 102nd key is added next to the Enter key to accommodate the displaced # .

Although, the exact origin of jump rope activity is unclear. Some date jump roping to ancient China; however, the Western versions probably originated from 1600 A.D. Egypt.

According to Science Daily, 10 minutes of skipping rope is about equivalent to running an 8-minute-mile.