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Today — August 4, 2026

Old News (permalink)
From The Children's Newspaper1931.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From "Tarzan and the Elephant Men," in Blue Book, 1937.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum, 1904.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Basic Studies in Science: All Around Us by Wilbur Beauchamp, 1940.
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Old News (permalink)
From the Daily Mirror, 1905.
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
From Wee Wisdom, 1932.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From First Lessons in Nature Study by Edith Patch and illustrated by Robert Sim, 1926.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Stage and the School by Katharine Anne Ommanney, 1932.
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Old News (permalink)
Proof that a kitten can be so cute that it kills you: "Laughing at kitten, she chokes to death."  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1906.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Heidelberg University's 1921 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Wizard, 1933.
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Old News (permalink)
"Og, God, what is it?"  From Georgia State College's 1985 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Fate in Arcadia, written and illustrated by Edwin John Ellis, 1892.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Reblog if a vulture or flamingo looms over your bed, too.  From the University of Bridgeport's 1960 yearbook.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
From The World Goes Smash by Samuel Hopkins Adams.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Ohio State University's 1930 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Human Skull, A Cultural History by Folke Henschen.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Brock University's 1996 yearbook.
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