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Jokes and a language: how does it work?
- wrobel
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YouTube Classics, Part Deux
- lisab
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Can someone identify this, from some New Orleans piano music?
- symbolipoint
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Horse Mounted Bookwomen of Kentucky
- BillTre
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RIP Tim Curry
- jack action
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History Interesting anecdotes in the history of physics?
- pines-demon
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Esoteric Words...
- sbrothy
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History For WW2 buffs!
- Drakkith
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Obscure English Language Question...
- sbrothy
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The "Oxford" Comma
- symbolipoint
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Roman concrete self-healing with quicklime and dodecahedron wire-weaving
- Hornbein
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Let us think about the two forms of the small letter "g"
- symbolipoint
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Is the criteria for the present perfect tense in Warriner's textbook inadequate?
- sevensages
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History Biographies, History, Philosophy of Physics
- sbrothy
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What’s something that turned out to be much harder to do?
- Razorback Gorilla
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Why were lynchings so rare in New England during the late 1800s and early 1900s?
- sevensages
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History Tolstoy's progressive politics and freeing the serfs
- sbrothy
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History Historical use of scopolamine, opium, and digitalis in ancient medicine
- sbrothy
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An "Untranslatable" Word?
- Hornbein
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Art Some more of my photography
- BadgerBadger92
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Art Please rate my photos on a scale of 1-5
- BadgerBadger92
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Bali: No Word For A Branch
- Hornbein
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David Reich on human genetics
- BillTre
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History New Oppenheimer files
- pines-demon
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History Memorable quotes in the history of physics
- pines-demon
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Did humans migrate a lot in prehistoric times?
- sevensages
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Historical Novels? (Siege of Malta)
- sbrothy
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History History of Barbie
- Hornbein
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Danish Scientists
- sbrothy
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Dr. Leila Denmark
- BillTre
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Does David Reich contradict Nicholas Wade?
- sevensages
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Strong belief - Martian Boogie related to "Feelin' Good" of Little Junior's Blue Flames
- symbolipoint
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Are we human? Or are we dancer?
- DaveC426913
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Lingusitics Typography: double f
- DaveC426913
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History Einstein's visit to Manchester in 1921
- pinball1970
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The word "people" - how to spell and pronounce?
- symbolipoint
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History Çakmaktepe, older than Göbeklitepe
- BillTre
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RIP William Foege, Leader in Small Pox eradication
- Astronuc
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Some Realistic AI Animations That I Like
- Hornbein
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History Most Lucrative Criminal Act Of All Time
- Hornbein
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History Apollo 11 or Sputnik 1 - which was more significant?
- mr3000
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Likable AI Christmas Art
- Hornbein
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A Trend That I Hate : Fake Video Dirt
- Hornbein
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Hermann Göring's Nuremberg Testimony
- Hornbein
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History Underwater Acoustics: Brief Historical Overview Through WWII
- Astronuc
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Beware Fake History
- Hornbein
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Aethelstan, King of the Anglo Saxons, first English King
- Astronuc
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Steven Cropper, guitarist and songwriter, 1941-2025
- pinball1970
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How should 10 to be pronounced?
- symbolipoint
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Hezingen, The Netherlands - deposits of coins and jewelry
- Astronuc
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- Poll
Is 'I am older than her' or 'I am older than she is' grammatically correct?
- sevensages
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Antique Pocket Sundial
- Hornbein
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Synonym for troupe
- DaveC426913
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Against AI Art
- Hornbein
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The Great Gatsby
- PeroK
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History Going to the Catskills 1902
- DDTJRAC
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Favorite photographers and photographs?
- BadgerBadger92
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Are clarity and clarification synonymous?
- DaveC426913
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Ferris Eugene Alger
- zerodish
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RIP Susan Stamberg (87), NPR 'founding mother'
- Astronuc
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What Does 'No Name Given' Mean on IDs and Its Cultural Implications?
- symbolipoint
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In the early days of electricity, they didn't have wall plugs
- DDTJRAC
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RIP Claudine Cardinale
- Astronuc
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Why is the plural for moose not meese?
- symbolipoint
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The Chinese early experiments in Rocketry -- Do we owe them?
- SleipnirTheHorse
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Is Emma Kok's singing appropriate?
- wrobel
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RIP. Richard Davies (22 July 1944 – 6 September 2025)
- pinball1970
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My experience as a hostage
- Ivan Seeking
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Bronze age orientation
- Frabjous
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Lingusitics Who writes this stuff? (Starship X article)
- DaveC426913
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RIP James Lovell, the astronaut who brought Apollo 13 home safely
- jedishrfu
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RIP Tom Lehrer (1928-2025)
- robphy
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Polish Trapezoidal Tombs Older Than the Egyptian Pyramids
- Astronuc
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Interesting terminology and meanings - Letter Cases
- symbolipoint
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Mad Magazine - A brief history
- Astronuc
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RIP Fauja Singh, 114, world's oldest marathon runner
- Astronuc
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Lingusitics I was wondering how English letters are standardized
- LightningInAJar
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RIP Bill Moyers (1934 - 2025)
- gleem
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Why didn't Sisyphus refuse to push the boulder?
- paulb203
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Why September through December have Latin number prefixes that don't match their positions
- symbolipoint
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History An old 1990's lecture by Hawking
- mad mathematician
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R.I.P. Brian Wilson
- pinball1970
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Origin of this phrase: "We shall see what we shall see..."
- DaveC426913
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Do you remember Willy Ley (1906-1969)?
- jtbell
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Why do we spend so much time learning grammar in the public school system?
- erobz
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Shipping in 1942 (WWII)
- BillTre
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Parallels between the English Civil Wars and the Battle of Berestechko (1651)
- Astronuc
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Thoughts about the US pronunciation of "margarine"
- Mark44
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Creative destruction examples
- SamRoss
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Annie Potts
- DaveC426913
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Clem Burke, 24.11.1954 - 06.04.2025
- pinball1970
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Is self-sacrifice in warfare deviant behavior?
- yo yo
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What happened to basketball brackets?
- BillTre
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F.Y.I.
- paulb203
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An old-time smithy
- DDTJRAC
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History of Public Education
- PeroK
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Art What is your favorite drawing?
- mcastillo356
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Unexpected Georgian-Telugu Resemblance
- Hornbein
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A translation test
- DaveC426913
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