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Today — March 22, 2026

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Tip and Mitten, Teacher's Edition by McKee, Harrison, McCowen & Lehr, 1957.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Hobbies Weekly, 1938.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Wee Wisdom, 1937.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Dunninger's Complete Encyclopedia of Magic.
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
Hiding in this image is the squirrel who stole the hen's lunch.  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1936.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Cat in History, Legend and Art by Anne Marks, 1909.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Today's levitating cathedrals are from St. Louis University's 1939 yearbook.
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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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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving and illustrated by George H. Boughton, 1907.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Heidelberg University's 1924 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"Don't be afraid of anxiety."  From The Intercollegian, 1957.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Alderson-Broaddus College's 1963 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Purple Parrot, 1925.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From MacMurray College's 1969 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"Lively fight at church door.  Preacher carries out threat to 'beat the truth in.'"  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1905.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Elon Colleges 1927 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
From Horizon, 1950. 
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Wedding attire sure has changed over the decades.  From Purdue University's 1963 yearbook.  See The Collected Lost Meanings of Wedlock.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"The soul-catching cord."  From Plum Blossoms and Blue Incense by James Bennett and Soong Kwen-Ling, 1926.
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