The rare book library at Yale University has no windows..because the walls are made of translucent marble.

cloudfreed:

bbcbecausebenedictcumberbatch:

did-you-kno:

*Heavy breathing*

because direct unfiltered sunlight may damage the older books and age them more quickly :)

(via red-ananas)

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