It's already been known to him

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What's so special about the verb to know that makes it take the preposition to, not by, in the Passive voice?
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There's this one archaic clearly transitive meaning of 'know' that would fit the use of the preposition by in the passive:
[with obj.] archaic have sexual intercourse with (someone)
And Adam knew Eve his wife... (Bible) — Адам познал Еву, жену свою… (Библия, Книга Бытия, гл. 4., ст. 1)

In other contexts it doesn't seem to be transitive (active) enough.
It's not so much that 'you know something' as that 'something becomes known to you', philosophically speaking.=)
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And yet, in some contexts by works just fine...)
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It's already been known to him - It's been familiar to him
It's already been known by him - It's already been experienced/found out by him
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