The most famous libraries in the world that you must visit

Libraries are storehouses of different books. The hunger and thirst for knowledge of many people can be satisfied by the libraries. Students and professors are the ones that mostly visit libraries. There are famous libraries that have outstanding collection of different books. These famous libraries also have unique architectural designs that students, professors and other people will definitely love. 

Below is the list of the most famous libraries in the world. 

1. Library of Congress 
The Library of Congress located in Washington is said to be the largest library that you can find in the world. The library was established in 1800. It is composed of three buildings and has a collection of over 32 million books, 61 million manuscripts, 1 million newspapers, 14 million photos, 5 million maps and many other more. Moreover, the Library of Congress is known as the national library of America. The library is always open to the public.

2. Boston Public Library
The Boston Public Library is one of America's oldest libraries. It was first opened on March 20, 1854. Now, it serves as a municipal library in Boston, Massachusetts. It is also the second largest library located in the United States. The library is reported to have at least 22 million items such as medieval manuscripts, Daniel Dafoe collection, colonial Boston records, beautiful murals and a lot of rare collections. 

3. Bodleian Library
Bodleian Library is the library located in the University of Oxford. The university, which was founded in 1602, is the oldest university in Europe. The university's library was designed by an architect with the name Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. The library is now popular for having at least 11 million items which include the First Folio of Shakespeare and Gutenberg Bible. And because of the unique beauty of Bodleian Library, it is now a favorite venue for a lot of film shootings.

4. Vatican Library 
The Vatican Library is suspected to be the oldest library in the world because it was founded in 1475. It is said to be as old as the Roman Catholic Church. As the years pass by, a lot more books are being added to the library. There are at least one million books in the library. And there are at least 75,000 manuscripts. The main reason why many people love to visit the library is because the library has the oldest manuscript of the bible. 

5. New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is the fifth famous library in the world. It was established in response to former New York Governor Samuel Tilden's dying wish of having a free library and accessible reading room in New York. It has a fabulous collection of at least 50 million items. The first Gutenberg bible in America is placed in the library. Also, the public library has already been seen in some famous Hollywood movies such as "The day after tomorrow" and "Ghostbusters." The library is also considered as one of the very important research libraries in the planet. 
Truly, the most famous libraries in the world serve as a very important tool to supply the knowledge everyone needs. Without these libraries, the present and future generation would not be able to fully enjoy all the knowledge discovered in the past. So if you have free time, try to visit one of these famous libraries.



Sources:
http://librarysciencelist.com/25-most-famous-libraries-of-the-world/
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20 Horrific facts about the 9/11 attacks

The 9/11 attack was one of the known events in the world history. Its impacts have been felt by many people for many years. The 9/11 attacks did not only kill many people's lives but it also affected the many parts of the world economically. Below is the list of the horrific facts about the 9/11 attacks. 

1. On September 11, 2001, almost 3,000 people were killed. Among those people were 400 firefighters and police officers. The terrorist attack happened at the World Trade Center located in NYC, in a plane crash in Shanksville, PA and at the Pentagon building in Washington, DC. 

2. The recovery clean-up for the 1.8 million tons of damaged properties took nine months.

3. Passengers in the plane that crashed in Shanksville, PA tried to take the control of the plane from the hijackers but the result was not good. The hijackers purposely crashed the plane in Pennsylvania. 

4. The video for the attack in the World Trade Center was immediately released after the attack but the footage for the attack in Pentagon was only publicly released in 2006.

5. The total number of children who lost their parents in the 9/11 attacks was 3,051. Seventeen newly born babies lost their fathers during the attack. And 11 unborn babies died.

6. The 9/11 attack in the World Trade Center was the event that killed the largest number of lives in America.

7. Researchers found that the total alcohol consumption reported in Manhattan a week after the attack greatly increased by 25 percent compared to the same week the year before. Also, the consumption of marijuana increased by 3.2 percent while the consumption of tobacco rose by 10 percent and the synagogue and church attendance rose by 20 percent after the 9/11 attacks. 

8. The total amount of art lost after the collapse of the Twin Towers exceeded $100 million. The items that were damaged include the WTC Stabile sculpture of Amexander Calder, the epic World Trade Center tapestry of Joan Miro, painting of Entablature series by Roy Lichtenstein and the art works of David Hockney and Picasso. 

9. There were only 291 dead bodies that were recovered from Ground Zero. Parents of Lisa Anne Frost, one of the passengers in the United Flight 175 which hit a tower, waited for one year before the workers who were sifting through debris found a belonging of their daughter. 

10. It was discovered that three hours before the 9/11 attacks there was a machine called Random Event Generator that predicted that a cataclysmic event was about to happen.

11. The part of the Pentagon that was hit by Flight 77 had undergone a rearmament worth $258 million just before the 9/11 attacks. The walls that were strengthened and the windows that were reinforced during the rearmament were greatly damaged. There were only some parts of the Pentagon that remained intact. 

12. The North American Aerospace Defense Command or NORAD which is said to be responsible in defending the US airspace simulated plane hijackings a week before the 9/11 attacks during their exercise called "Vigilant Guardian." The next exercise of NORAD was scheduled to begin in the morning of the attacks.

13. Larry Silverstein, a property developer bought a 99-year lease on WTC for $3.2 billion six months before the 9/11 attacks.

14. Reports discovered that five hijackers in the 9/11 attacks just stayed in a motel which was just located outside the National Security Agency during the days before the attacks.

15. The total cost of cleaning the damage created by the 9/11 attacks was estimated to be at $750 million.

16. The first use of the name nine-eleven or 9/11 was made by the New York times when they published an article with the title "America's Emergency Line: 9/11." 

17. 911 became the emergency phone number in America after the 9/11 attacks.

18. The 9/11 attack is the second terrorist attack in the World Trade Center. The first terrorist attack was on the month of February in 1993 which killed six people.

19. Respiratory disorders such as lung inflammation and asthma developed at an abnormal rate after the 9/11 attack in the World Trade Center. Also, scientists discovered during the three-day flight ban over in the United States that the 9/11 attacks greatly affected the atmosphere in America. Their studies stated that the days became warmer and the nights became a little cooler after the 9/11 attacks. 

20. Cantor Fitzgerald, a global financial service firm, was the business that was greatly affected by the attacks. The New York headquarters of the firm that were located on the 101st and 105th floors of the World Trade Center lost its 658 strong workforce out of the total 960 strong workforce. 

Indeed, the 9/11 attacks caused great damage to America. After the 9/11 attacks, the United States put more strength to its security so that the probability of the occurrence of an event like that can be prevented.


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