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The largest litter a cat has ever given birth to included 19 kittens.
Books
The most expensive book was sold for $30 million.
There are over 129million books in existence.
The longest sentence in a book has 823 words.
US President Theodore Roosevelt read one book a day.
The Harry Potter are the most commonly banned books in the USA.
Charles Dickens always slept with his head facing North because he believed it would improve his
writing.
Roald Dahl worked in the Cadbury chocolate factory.
The largest paper book in the world is 5 metres wide and 8 metres long.
Sleep
On average in the first year of a baby's life their parents will lose 1000 hours of sleep.
Despite numerous studies nobody knows why we sleep.
12% of people dream entirely in black and white.
The record for the longest period without sleep is 11 days.
It is impossible to sneeze while sleeping.
Sleep deprivation will kill you more quickly than sleep deprivation.
There is a direct link between people's favoured sleeping positions and their personalities.
About 4% of road accidents are caused by drivers falling asleep.
50% of your dreams will be forgotten within five minutes of waking.
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