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Today — February 20, 2026

Precursors (permalink)
50 was in the new 40 back in 1918.  From the Daily Mirror, 1918.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Sphinxes and Centaurs by Kathryn Hinds, 2014.
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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 Bazar Patrika, 1962.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"At this physicological moment he heard the door open."  From Laughing Horse, 1924.
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Old News (permalink)
"Soul lives after death.  Vital point is that soul is conscious immediately after death."  From The Duluth Evening Herald, 1915.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Child-Library Readers, Book Three by William H. Elson and Edna R. Kelly, and illustrated by L. Kate Deal, 1925.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Twinkle Toes and His Magic Mittens by Laura Rountree Smith and illustrated by F. R. Morgan, 1919.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Aesop: Five Centuries of Illustrated Fables, selected by John J. McKendry.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Life magazine, 1884.
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Old News (permalink)
"If a man can't face his bacon, it's time he took bile beans."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1935. 
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Today's gingerbread salesman thrown off a horse is from Chatterbox, 1902.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Baseball players aren't born but rather hatch.  From Elon College's 1928 yearbook.
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Strange Dreams (permalink)
From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1948.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Oklahoma State University’s 1986 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Flying Saucer Digest, no. 95.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Hamilton Teachers' College's 1969 yearbook.
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Temporal Anomalies (permalink)
"The clock's hands have stopped as a result of a seance."  From Dark Shadows episode 461.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Washington State University's 1913 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Film Daily, 1944.
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