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Today — February 11, 2026

Old News (permalink)
"Has man a brother in the skies?"  From The Children's Newspaper, 1933.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Daily Mirror1904.
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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 Wanderfolk in Wonderland by Edith Guerrier and illustrated by Edith Brown, 1903.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Vajra Bodhi Sea, 1978.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Youth's Companion1923.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neil, 1913.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Where Our Ways of Living Come From by Howard Wilson, 1940.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Art Teacher by Pedro J. Lemos, 1939.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Taytay's Tales by Elisabeth Willis De Huff and illustrated by Fred Kabotie and Otis Polelonema, 1922.
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Unicorns (permalink)
Today's unicorn-lion is from St. Nicholas, 1895.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
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Old News (permalink)
"Pact to return after death."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1938.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"A Society for Utter Prevention."  From Dressing Gowns and Glue by L. de G. Sieveking and illustrated by John Nash, 1920.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
At first glance, we assumed that was a puppet between them.  From Southeast Missouri State College's 1977 yearbook.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
The width of a "gets-it" smile is a good deal over 2 feet.  From The Duluth Evening Herald, 1915.
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Old News (permalink)
"Ham actors should migrate to Japan."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1956.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From State Female Normal School's 1901 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Say yes or no."  From Curriculum Foundation Series: Number Stories, Book 1, 1941.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Armour Institute of Technology's 1907 yearbook.
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