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Today — April 9, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and illustrated by W. H. Walker, 1907.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Basic Studies in Science: All Around Us by Wilbur Beauchamp, 1940.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Before and after (supposedly) being manhandled by Tibetan lamas.  From the Daily Mirror, 1904.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Red Herring, Aug. 1992.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
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Old News (permalink)
"The boy who was 'different.'"  From Youth's Companion, 1912.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Microcosm, 1990.
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Old News (permalink)
"In spring by magic perfumes led."  From The Canadian West by D. J. Dickie, 1926.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, illustrated by Frank C. Papé, 1912.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Ohio State University's 1923 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Tanya's night to howl."  From Fantastic Adventures vol. 10, no. 08.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Punch, 1910.
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Old News (permalink)
"Ghost will lose her home."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1958.
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Old News (permalink)
"If I married again why I would not marry my husband!"  From the University of Southern California's 1910 yearbook.  See The Collected Lost Meanings of Wedlock.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Golden Journey of Mr. Paradyne by William J. Locke and illustrated by Marcia Lane Foster, 1924.
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Your Ship Will Come In (permalink)
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1935 yearbook.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"Peter Puck wants to know if an elephant trumpeting is a trunk call."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1926.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Barnard College's 1931 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Magic Seasons, Teacher's Guidebook by Allinson & McInnes, 1972.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From North-Western College's 1922 yearbook.
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