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Today — January 13, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Wee Wisdom, 1957.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Youth's Companion1924.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1908.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars of Al-Sufi, 15th century.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Dunninger's Complete Encyclopedia of Magic.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Our Pets by Nida & Nida, 1928.
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This May Surprise You (permalink)
"No man of sense ever took any pains to appear wise, as no honest man ever used tricks to display his own integrity."  From Brown's Language Lessons by Henry Kiddle, 1889.
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
From the teacher's manual to Starting Points in Mathematics 5, 1982.
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Old News (permalink)
You've heard that "the child is father to the man," and it was true for the Eleplant Man, too.  "'Elephant Boy' has grown up now."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1939.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Record Changer, 1951.
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Old News (permalink)
"Can anyone give me back six years of my life?"  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1946.
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Your Ship Will Come In (permalink)
From The Wizard, 1936.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1894.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Duke's 1971 yearbook.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Chowan University's 1921 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Wild West Weekly, 1909.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Ohio University's 1916 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"A bride of the midnight sun."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1938.
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Old News (permalink)
"The placebo cures regret."  From Rich by Craig Raine, 1984.
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Miscellanies of Mr. Jonathan (permalink)

From Life, Jan.-Mar. 1924:

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Although Neighbors is, for what it sets out to be, all right, there isn't much to be said for what it sets out to be. [Benchley]
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[Bonus: Magnolia Smidge, recitrice]
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