A new online collection: Items found in Oakland Public Library's books

One question whose answers never fail to disappoint is about the weird things found inside library books.

Now, instead of just hearing about them, you can actually see them — from one particular library system, that is.

Oakland Public Library has a database of artifacts found in its books, complete with images and tags so you can, say, browse just photos versus notes versus bookmarks.

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