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Today — February 16, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Daily Mirror1915.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Wee Wisdom, 1924.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Letting the dragonflies out.  From Amrita, 1973.
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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 The Owl King and Other Fairy Stories by Herbert Escott Inman and illustrated by E. A. Mason, 1898.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Do not ruin me, I conjure you!"  From The Story of a Cat by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, 1878.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Toys At Play by Ketchum & Rice and illustrated by Hart, 1932.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From 73 Magazine, 1962.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Mixin' literature with business."  From Abe Martin's Primer by Kin Hubbard, 1914.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Fairy Stories My Children Love Best of All by Edgar Dubs Shimer and illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins, 1920.
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Old News (permalink)
As you might have suspected, "It isn't all mink."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1960.
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The Right Word (permalink)
From Together, 1959.
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Old News (permalink)
"He gets music from rifle."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1937.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"Dept. of Disgust."  From Illinois Benedictine College's 1977 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Mythical Monsters by Charles Gould, 1886.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Memphis State's 1975 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Flying Saucer Digest, no. 117.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Wabash College's 1926 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"It's no good trying to be cheerful when you're 'run-down.'"  From Picture Show, 1920.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Walking the tiny horse.  From College of the Holy Cross' 1910 yearbook.
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