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Today — February 26, 2026

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Wee Wisdom, 1932.  See Strange Talismans for Strange Times.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Jumble Book by David Cory, 1920.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Going to School by Hildreth, et al. and illustrated by Corinne Pauli Waterall, 1940.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Alexandra Readers First Reader by McIntyre & Saul, 1908.
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Old News (permalink)
"It's as easy as falling down stairs."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1962.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Purple Parrot, 1934.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Like-To-Do Stories by Laura Rountree Smith and illustrated by L. Kate Deal, 1920.
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
From Mazes and Labyrinths by William Henry Matthews, 1922.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Tangent, 1938.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Book of Life: Vonisa by Sidartha, 1885.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1879.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1917.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Ohio State University's College of Medicine's 1952 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"The sea is the Body, the two fishes are the Soul and the Spirit."  From Psychic Energy: Its Source and Goal by Mary Esther Harding.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
This cursed photo haunts the University of Texas at Arlington's 1971 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"Get religion as comet gets near."  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1910.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Northwestern University's 1901 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Film Daily, 1945.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Burning two-dollar bills to heat the unknowns.  From College of the Holy Cross' 1910 yearbook.
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