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150-Year-Overdue Book Returned to Australian Library After Being Found in Fireplace

A book titled 'Antiquities of Athens,' published in 1858, was returned to Kiama Library in Australia, estimated to be 150 years overdue. The book was discovered bricked inside a fireplace during home renovations, but the library cannot trace the last borrower due to lost records.

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