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History I've always gotten this impression from reading books and in history
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Which Jean-Luc Ponty Song Features Guitar and Violin?
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Tangier Island Dialect: A Unique Blend of English and American Influences
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Why the historical flaws haven't changed?
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History How Did Great Scientists Study Math and Physics?
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China made swiss watches before the swiss
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Anyone Into Symphonic Metal/Opera Metal?
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Lingusitics Can I Forget a Language? Achieving Total Language Forgetfulness Explained
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Good sources for the 2007 Australian Federal Election
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How Can I Improve My Handwriting After Years of Typing?
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Historical Discussion Forums Similar to PF
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Happy 50th Anniversary - US and John Glenn
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Paper vs. Book: The Impact on Nobel Prize Winners
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Lingusitics Oral-Written Language Rules & Exceptions
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Is It Rarely Make Mistake Grammatically Correct?
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I really ought to visit Northern Norway You, too?
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Who is the Best Guitarist of All Time?
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LINGUISTICS: contributions of Latin and Greek to English
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Art Unleash Your Inner Artist: Share Your Art with Us!
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Nikola Telsa - Before his time or right on time?
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Was Joan of Arc's Rise to Power Divine, Strategic, or Purely Legendary?
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What do you find most difficult about English?
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Which 80's Songs Were Featured in Miami Vice and Back to School?
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What Significant Events Defined 2012?
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Second Sino-Japanese War, Japanese Radio Broadcasts
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What is your favorite writing tool?
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History Monarchy, its long history and recent decline
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History Major Events of 2011: A Year for the History Books
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News Thousands of rare documents burned in Egypt clash
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How Did North Long Beach Transform Over the Decades?
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Is February Pronounced Differently Than It Looks?
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70th Anniversay of the attack on Pearl Harbor
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Humanities: What are the more important things to know?
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History Technological Singularity vs Zoological History
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History The Archimedes Codex: 1600 Years of Human History Upgrade
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History Did the Moghuls of India Really Build the World's Largest Cannon?
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Lingusitics Where is English the Official Language ?
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History How Did Einstein Formulate E=mc²?
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What American English Sounds Like to Non-English Speakers
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History Experiments and history of phyics
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Solving My Communication Problems: Tips & Strategies
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What examples are there of amateurs contributing to science?
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Modern Technology in a Historical Setting: Impact on Society
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Is there a formula for a hit song?
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The Invasion of Normandy: Military Tactics & Missed Opportunities
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What Do Square Brackets Mean in History Books?
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What is your favourite classical piece?
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News RIP Andy Rooney: Wry 60 Minutes Commentator
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More Pre-Clovis evidence in America
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News Libyan forces have captured Muammar Gaddafi
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History 'The Most Dangerous Moment In History'
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Time to pledge your allegiance to the queen
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Were Native Americans doomed to be wiped out by disease?
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Who Discovered Isopropyl Alcohol?
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Clarifying the Use of 'Try to Imagine' vs. 'Try Imagining
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History The 7 Most Badass Last Stands in the History of Battle
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Error and Trial - Scientific American article
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Largest/Rarest Ancient Roman Shipyard Uncovered
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Art Is Conceptual Art Still Relevant in Modern Society?
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Lingusitics Book & movie titles in math language
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Mummy Found in Peru: Ancient Ceramics Discovered
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History When were the first diamonds in history recorded?
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Gender Independent Salutation in English
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Does reading make you a better writer?
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Will You Visit the Archimedes Palimpsest Exhibit in Baltimore?
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10th Anniversary of the 911 attack
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Oldest evidence of humans from various regions of the Americas?
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Mel Gibson film about Judah Maccabee.
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History What do you prefer - road to reality or brief history of time ?
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Why was Germany allowed to exist after WW2?
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The Human Toll Of The War 'To End All Wars'
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Lingusitics French or Spanish: Which Language Will Win Over the Babes?
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Lingusitics What is the Impact of Gendered Language in Science?
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Collective nouns and congressional bananas
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Lingusitics Did Humans Devolve in Language Evolution?
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Do you prefer songs from before or after the 21st century
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History Have you seen the hilarious new show Ancient Aliens on History?
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Reinterpretation (covers) of songs
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Can English be learned with a dictionary alone?
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Lingusitics New York City Yiddish: Alternate Evidentiary Standards for Dead Languages?
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50th Anniversary of the Berlin Wall
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History Could ancient civilizations have existed before those we know of?
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What's Your Intellectual Pleasure?
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Who was the White Mouse and what made her a remarkable WWII hero?
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Pop Banjo Group from 70s - Can You Help?
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Why the red sea is called red sea?
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Learning stuff I don't want to know
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The Convergence of Linguistics and Mathematics
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Will someone help me to rearrange this sentence ?
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History A TED two for History of the Universe in Sound: and Sound the Universe Makes:
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History History Channel, great review Joking
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Lingusitics How could I translate logic reasoning to the language of mathematics?
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History US tax rate history - A return to the glory days
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History History Channel Pilot: Invention USA
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Lingusitics Three languages have no name - is this unusual?
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Is the Oldest Writing in Europe Found at Gobekli Tepe?
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Archeology in Anatolia - Cappadocia
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Archeology: Mammoth engravings in Florida
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Beethoven vs Mozart: Who Truly Reigns Supreme in Classical Music?
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