1. The oldest library in the world is located in the monastery of Sultan Catherine in Sinai, Egypt, which was built in the middle of the 6th century and has the second largest collection of religious manuals and books in the world after the Vatican. Only monks and scholars are allowed to use this library.
2. The largest library in the world is the Library of Congress, with a bookcase of about 1348342 kilometers, more than 158 million collections: more than 36 million books and other printed materials, 3,5 million plates, 13,7 million photographs, 5,5 million maps and 69 million manuscripts.
3. The smallest library in the world is built on the streets of New York City, with enough space for one reader to use. Made of bright yellow plastic, this small library can accommodate up to 40 books.
4. The tallest library in the world is located on the 60th floor of the JW Marriott Hotel in Shanghai, China, at an altitude of 230,9 m above the ground, which is included in the Guinness Book of Records as the tallest library.
5. The first library classification system was established during the Han Dynasty.
6. Dew and Deeds, a book of poetry from the Kewanee Public Library, was fined $ 345,14 ($ 203,29) for late submission. In fact, the book, which was due to be returned on April 1955, 19, was handed over to the library 47 years later and became the largest fine book in the world.
7. The Guinness Book of Records is the second heaviest book after the Bible.
8. In 1959, the first floating library service was launched using several ships. In 1963, a library was set up on a 24-meter-long ship in Oma Yard. The ship is owned by Vinnes Skyssbatservice and the library is used to organize summer tours.
9. In Norway, you will be able to return books taken from the library to any other library.
10. There are art libraries in Germany, where you can rent paintings by local artists for a few months for 5 euros.
