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Today — January 12, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Daily Mirror, 1905.
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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 Wee Wisdom, 1905.
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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 Amrita Bazar Patrika, 1962.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Story of a Cat by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, 1878.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Art of Pantomime by Charles Aubert, 1927.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Clothing for Moderns by Mabel Deane Erwin, 1949.
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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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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Swarthmore College's 1899 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Together, 1961.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Seer, 1931.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"When one word to the wise is not sufficient, use three."  From Marion Theater News, 1924.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Joplin Junior College's 1961 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
From Lighted Pathway, 1966.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Broome Community College's 1974 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"'I want to throw up' ... and other things."  From The Gateway, 1969.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Western Ontario's 1931 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Human Skull: A Cultural History by Folke Henschen.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the United States Naval Academy's 1922 yearbook.
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