Seattle Public Library tweeted this over the weekend:
40 year overdue Seattle Public Library book with note, "Sorry I just cleaned my bedroom closet..." Due Date JUN 15, 76 pic.twitter.com/luJDzf6f69
— Seattle Library (@SPLBuzz) January 7, 2017
It's nowhere near the most overdue book of all time — George Washington took out a book that was returned 221 years later — but it's still quite impressive.