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Forest Facts

A forest is an area of land with an ecological system dominated by trees.
Forests contain a wide range of animals, plants and microorganisms.
Forests are home to about 80% of the planet’s terrestrial animals and plants.
Forests covered over 10 billion acres or 31% of the Earth’s landmass in 2020.
Only 1.8 billion of the Earth’s 10 billion acres of forest are protected.
More than 50% of all the forest area on our planet is in just five countries.

Russia had 20.1% of the planet’s forests area in 2020 with over 2 billion acres.
Brazil had 12.2% of the planet’s forests area in 2020 with over 1.2 billion acres.
Canada had 8.5% of the planet’s forests area in 2020 with over 857 million acres.
The United States had 7.6% of the planet’s forests area in 2020 with over 766 million acres.

Yo-Yo Ma’s ear for music emerged not long after he learned to walk. Maya Angelou, by contrast, didn't write her most celebrated work until she was 40.

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Fun Facts About Books For Kids
If you're after surprising book facts or fun facts about reading, this is the list for you.

1. The three books that have been read the most are: The Bible, Quotations From Chairman Mao Tes-Tung, and Harry Potter.

2. Harry Potter was rejected by 12 different publishers before Bloomsbury accepted it. J. K. Rowling also had to change her pen name to be more neutral: her publisher believed this would encourage more boys to buy the book.

3. 'Bibliosma' is the word for loving the way books smell.

4. The Guinness World Record for the largest book in the world was awarded to This The Prophet Mohamed in 2012: over 50 people took part in its construction and it weighs over 3000lbs. That's a whole lot of reading!

5. The most expensive book ever purchased was bought by Bill Gates for $30.8 million - it was The Codex Leicester by Leonardo Da Vinci, and had been written in 1510.

6. 88% of Americans who read e-books also read printed books.

7. The world's oldest continually operating library was established in AD 565. It is housed in Saint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt, and has the second largest collection of ancient manuscripts after the Vatican City.

8. President Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book a day - a real love of reading!

9. The first book ever written on a typewriter was The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.

10. Alice in Wonderland is based on a real 10-year-old girl with whom Lewis Carroll was friends. She was called Alice Liddell, and, whilst out on a boating trip, asked Caroll to tell her a story.