25 Amazing Facts About Libraries

(via Mental Floss) There may be no greater repository of analog information than the library, a glorious assembly of printed pages that can take us on adventures, educate us, and fill our days and nights with details of worlds beyond our own—all free of charge. Today, there are roughly 116,867 public and academic libraries dotting the country. Mental Floss rounded up 25 fascinating facts about these irreplaceable institutions.