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Today — October 23, 2026

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
Stills from Grave Mood Rings, courtesy of Dare-g on Tumblr.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Daily Mirror, 1919.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Wee Wisdom, 1941.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1908.  
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Sad Fate of Poor Robin, 1870.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Tulane University's 1932 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Shadowland, 1923.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Pennsylvania College for Women's 1949 yearbook.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
A crawfish race.  From Tulane's 1975 yearbook.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"I wish to thank you for your pretty flowers at my death."  Spirit writing from 1944.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Grand Rapids Junior College's 1947 yearbook.
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The Right Word (permalink)
"But why do they call it [Arsenal]?"  Also, "Do not poke with umbrellas."  From The Old Line, 1933.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Nebraska Wesleyan University's 1927 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Mother Goose Secrets as told by the story gnome to Barbara Webb Bourjaily and illustrated by Joe King, 1925.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Purdue University's 1890 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Children's Newspaper, 1948.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Salem College's 1912 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Elson-Gray Basic Readers Book Five, 1931.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Red Herring, Dec. 1993.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From St. Andrew's College Review, 1932.
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