1. The world’s largest library is the Library of Congress, founded in 1800. It has 164 million items and 1350 kilometres of bookshelves.
2. In the Joanina Library at the University of Coimbra in Portugal there are a number of resident bats that prey on insects that could damage the books.
3. If you stumble across a forgotten library book that’s been hiding on your shelf for weeks, months, or even years, don’t be afraid to return it. In 2016, the granddaughter of a man who had taken out The Microscope and Its Revelations from Hereford Cathedral School in the United Kingdom returned the title 120 years after it had been borrowed.
