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Updated 11 December 2001, 14.11 

Check out these amazing Lord of the Rings book facts!
- The Lord of the Rings was released on 29 July 1954
- JRR Tolkien sold the film rights to the books in 1969 for only £10,000
- The whole book is normally more than 1,000 pages
- 100 million copies of the books have been sold around the world
- It has been translated into 40 languages
- Tolkien made up 37 new languages for the 34 books he wrote
- The three books took 11 years to write
- The average height of a hobbit is 1.05m
- A hobbit's favourite snack is fresh mushrooms
- Tom Bombadil is the biggest character in the book who is not in the films
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