15 years later, same weirdness, here in a C# environment targeting M$Access :::
Connection String :::
Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.16.0; Data Source=c:\Mnt\<etc.>\M$Access2016v16\WhWhWh2019.accdb
Select statement :::
SELECT item_id, [item~dhid], FK_Core_Item_Type, item_names_count...