Somehow I neglected to blog this when I first heard about it in 2016. Not 100% sure this is real, or which Campbell Elementary School is responsible (there are several in the U.S.). Thanks, Rachel Woodward!

The Pflugerville Public Library in Texas accidentally enticed people to their anti-prom by promising there would be snakes instead of snacks, requiring them to release additional enticements stating the opposite. Thanks, Jonathan Caws-Elwitt!

The Mitchell and Webb Situation,episode 4, 2001: At the Library

Thanks, John!

According to a recent NHM tweet, staff at the Natural History branch of the British Museum were apparently helping too many people with crossword puzzles in the 1930s and had to be told to stop.

Thanks, Steve Lawson!