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Today — March 12, 2026

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 Amrita, 1973.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Junior English In Action 1 by Tressler & Shelmadine, 1937.
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Yesterday's Weather (permalink)
From Elson-Gray Basic Readers Book Four, 1931.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From How You Look and Dress by Byrta Carson, 1949.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
The endpapers from The Rainbow Cat by Rose Fyleman and illustrated by Thelma Cudlipp Grosvenor, 1923.
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Strange Dreams (permalink)
"I had a dreadful dream about soap and water."  From The Adventures of Nancy and Nick in Scrub-Up-Land by Olive Roberts Barton and illustrated by E. R. Higgins, 1921.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
The trunk of death.  From the University of Akron's 1972 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Lucky Cat by Frances and Richard Lockridge and illustrated by Zhenya Gay.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"Nose Brotherhood."  From Baylor University's 1950 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"Ape's body with human face."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1937.
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Your Ship Will Come In (permalink)
From The Stars in Song and Legend by Jermain Gildersleeve Porter, 1901.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From East Tennessee State University's 1978 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Film Daily Cavalcade, 1939.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Southern California's 1910 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"Loses his equanimity and ruins a dress suit."  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1914.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Tulane University's 1900 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Mystic World, 1931.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Washington University (Saint Louis)'s 1927 yearbook.
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