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Today — March 19, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Daily Mirror, 1904.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
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Unicorns (permalink)
From Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, 1899.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Adventures of Pinocchio by Emily Gray, 1911.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Stars In Their Courses by Sir James Jeans, 1931.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Young Nimrods in North America by Thomas Wallace Knox, 1881.
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Old News (permalink)
"Appalled by the abyss."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1921.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Indiana Technical College's 1976 yearbook.
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Separated at Birth? (permalink)
Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing.  Click each image for its source.
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Old News (permalink)
From Half Serious, edited by William Cole, 1973.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Auburn University's 1984 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Rhymes of a Child's World by Miriam Clark Potter and illustrated by Ruth Fuller Stevens, 1920.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Otterbein College's 1905 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"Missouri youth is waiting until he is old enough to wed."  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1905.  See The Collected Lost Meanings of Wedlock.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Century Illustrated (1916).
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Hamilton Normal School's 1936 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Shoot no arrows in a witch's domain.  From Punch, 1910.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Eastern Washington State College's 1964 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chronicles of Fairy Land by Fergus Hume and illustrated by Kirk & Dunlop, 1911.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Armour Institute of Technology's 1913 yearbook.
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