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How to use the "w" in www
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Cover songs versus the original track, which ones are better?
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Today's Fusion Music: T Square, Cassiopeia, Rei & Kanade Sato
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Who is your favorite Jazz musician and what is your favorite song?
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Does David Reich contradict Nicholas Wade?
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YouTube Classics, Part Deux
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Strong belief - Martian Boogie related to "Feelin' Good" of Little Junior's Blue Flames
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Talent Worthy of Wider Recognition
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History Biographies, History, Philosophy of Physics
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Are we human? Or are we dancer?
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Lingusitics Typography: double f
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Why are ABBA so popular?
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Favorite Mashups - All Your Favorites in One Place
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History Einstein's visit to Manchester in 1921
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Favorite songs (cont.)
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History Interesting anecdotes in the history of physics?
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The word "people" - how to spell and pronounce?
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Why weren't there lynchings in New England in late 1800s & early 1900s?
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Perfect Rhythm
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History Çakmaktepe, older than Göbeklitepe
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Rush Redux 2026
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Wooly Bully
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Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?
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Tone Bending On Synthesizers
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An "Untranslatable" Word?
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RIP William Foege, Leader in Small Pox eradication
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Tenor Sax
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Most Hard-Driving Music?
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What Happened to Talent?
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Raucousness In Music
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Rock and Roll Keyboard Players
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Some Realistic AI Animations That I Like
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Bob Weir died at 78
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History History of Barbie
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History Most Lucrative Criminal Act Of All Time
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History Apollo 11 or Sputnik 1 - which was more significant?
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Songs that pay homage to deceased artists, no covers
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AI's First #1 Country Hit: Authenticity vs. Traditional Artists
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Likable AI Christmas Art
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History For WW2 buffs!
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A Trend That I Hate : Fake Video Dirt
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Extremely Weird Music
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Hermann Göring's Nuremberg Testimony
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History Underwater Acoustics: Brief Historical Overview Through WWII
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Beware Fake History
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Aethelstan, King of the Anglo Saxons, first English King
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R.I.P. Steven Cropper: October 12th 1942 – Dec 3rd 2025
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How should 10 to be pronounced?
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Hezingen, The Netherlands - deposits of coins and jewelry
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Antique Pocket Sundial
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History Memorable quotes in the history of physics
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Synonym for troupe
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Against AI Art
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Can someone identify this, from some New Orleans piano music?
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The Great Gatsby
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History Going to the Catskills 1902
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Favorite photographers and photographs?
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Are clarity and clarification synonymous?
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Ferris Eugene Alger
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RIP John Lodge (82), bassist and lyricist with the Moody Blues
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What Does 'No Name Given' Mean on IDs and Its Cultural Implications?
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In the early days of electricity, they didn't have wall plugs
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Why is the plural for moose not meese?
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The Chinese early experiments in Rocketry -- Do we owe them?
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A question about Emma Kok Singing
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RIP. Richard Davies (22 July 1944 – 6 September 2025)
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Is the criteria for the present perfect tense in Warriner's textbook inadequate?
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Most Underrated Bass Player
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My experience as a hostage
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Bronze age orientation
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Lingusitics Who writes this stuff? (Starship X article)
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Playing the guitar, the difference between being good and being a genius....
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RIP Chuck Mangione (84), Jazz Musician, flugelhorn, trumpet, piano
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Nice track
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RIP James Lovell, the astronaut who brought Apollo 13 home safely
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RIP Tom Lehrer (1928-2025)
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Polish Trapezoidal Tombs Older Than the Egyptian Pyramids
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RIP Ozzy
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Interesting terminology and meanings - Letter Cases
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Music theory exam tomorrow - any last tips?
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Mad Magazine - A brief history
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Vocals to fall instantly in love with...
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Lingusitics I was wondering how English letters are standardized
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The Ultimates In Funk
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RIP Bill Moyers (1934 - 2025)
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Greek Mythology: Sisyphus
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Julian and Roman calendar names and month names & number
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History An old 1990's lecture by Hawking
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R.I.P. Brian Wilson
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Origin of this phrase: "We shall see what we shall see..."
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Do you remember Willy Ley (1906-1969)?
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Why do we spend so much time learning grammar in the public school system?
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Dance vs. Music
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Shipping in 1942 (WWII)
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Charles I & The English Civil War Documentary, and the Battle of Berestechko (1651)
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