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Today — January 14, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Daily Mirror, 1915.
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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 The Lewis Story Method of Teaching Reading and Spelling Manual, illustrated by Bess Bruce Cleaveland, 1919.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Elson-Gray Basic Readers, Book One, 1937.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Wasp, 1902.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Story of Ancient Times by McClure, Scheck & Wright, 1937.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Stone marten versus owl: which do you wager for the win?  From All About Animals: Facts, Stories and Anecdotes, 1900.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Sing Me a Song by Kirth, McManus & Carmack.
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Separated at Birth? (permalink)
Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing.  Click each image for its source.
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Old News (permalink)
"Minister insists heaven's 'up,' and 'up' is toward north pole."  From The Aberree, 1954.  
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Moving Picture World, 1920.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Duluth Evening Herald, 1903.
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Old News (permalink)
"Murder's so permanent."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1946.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
This is why we're so careful on drawbridges.  From Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn, The Third Scenario handbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Today's cupid in football pants is from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's 1912 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Fables of Aesop, told anew by Joseph Jacobs, 1894.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Savannah State College's 1953 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Garden of the Little Lame Princess by Myrtle Jamison Trachsel and illustrated by L. J. Bridgman, 1927.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Ohio University's 1931 yearbook.  See How to Be Your Own Cat.
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