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Today — January 10, 2026

Old News (permalink)
From the Daily Mirror, 1914.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Red Herring, April 1993.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards by Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, 1912.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Chiron and Achilles."  From Youth's Companion, 1926.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Second Primer by J. M. D. Meiklejohn, 1881.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Sandman Time by Ilsien Nathalie Gaylord, 1915.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From House Scraps by G. Duckworth Atkin and illustrated by Geo. Cruickshank, F. C. Gould, and Lucien Davis, 1887.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
A mummy climbs aboard.  From Collier's, 1915.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Southeast Missouri State University's 1976 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"Eat just as you please."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1936.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Memories of college.  From Loyola University's 1960 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1896.
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Old News (permalink)
"We were found in various situations."  From Lee's 1969 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Current Sauce, 1987. 
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Old News (permalink)
"A snowball's chance in hell turns out to be pretty good."  From The National Post, 2000.  Speaking of which, see A Snowball's Chance in Hell.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Tennessee Wesleyan College's 1988 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"The importance of the improbable."  From Improvement Era, 1940.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Wake Forest University's 1907 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
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Old News (permalink)
"It sure is loud out."  From the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's 1961 yearbook.
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