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it's wednesday april 6th 2020 2022. I'm Jackson Bird today. Some libraries cancel late fees,

others get Interpol involved for missing manuscripts. Either way, missing books can become

fascinating treasures when they're finally returned. Plus, Hubble has spotted a rare planet in the earliest phase of formation,

and the United Kingdom has announced plans to mint its own NFT.

Here's some cool stuff for your ride home.

More and more public library systems have been canceling late fees. Borrowers will no longer be charged for overdue books and any pre-existing balances were wiped out. It's a policy that many librarians advocate for, saying it boosts visitors to the libraries and reinforces the equitable access that public libraries are meant to provide.

Since New York Public Library ended their late fees last fall, they've seen that hypothesized boost in visitors,

saying they've seen an increase of 9 to 15% across the boroughs.

But they've also seen a ton of books returned, some that were checked out years, even decades ago.

Across the five boroughs from when late fees were canceled through February, more than

88,000 overdue items were returned.

The New York Times highlighted some particularly interesting returns, including three DVD copies of the Boondock Saints 2, which were returned to three different library branches, a novella by James Hilton that was checked out in 1970, another returned book that was checked out in 1965, and one 75-year-old woman returned a whole box of books

with a note saying that she's had these for between 28 to 50 years. Now, late fees, which NYPL implemented back in the 19th century, didn't accrue forever, so it's not like some of these folks would have owed hundreds of dollars,

but once you got to $15 in late fees, you weren't allowed to check out materials anymore.

The biggest reason that people held on to them was often shame.

You know, a lot are being returned fairly anonymously by mail or drop-off.

And NYPL isn't the only library system to cancel fees. Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, and San

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