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Who Were Albert Einstein's PhD Students?
- Deepak247
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Have You Seen the Hallelujah Chorus Video?
- George Jones
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History Why Anglo-Saxon weekday names replaced Roman gods with Norse deities
- waht
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Lingusitics How Did Language Evolve from Gestures to Complex Communication?
- gttjohn
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Reversing Babbleonian Knonsense: A Global Challenge
- Andre
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News Elizabeth Edwards has died
- Ivan Seeking
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Any particular word(s), phrase(s), etc. you particularly despise?
- Mathnomalous
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30th Anniversary of John Lennon's death
- Ivan Seeking
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Is there a popular song that you absolutely detest?
- turbo
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What writing instruments do you use?
- ephedyn
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Alan Turing and his homosexuality
- jackson6612
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Lingusitics Are Natural and Mathematical Languages the Only Primary Forms of Communication?
- jackson6612
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Did Nixon Die Alone and Unhappy?
- jackson6612
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Do they have translators on airports?
- jackson6612
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Is There a Service Like Pandora Radio That Can Recommend Similar Songs?
- jackson6612
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Is Pluto Really Not a Planet Anymore?
- Dremmer
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History GPD, GDP per capita, India's economic history
- jackson6612
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How do you pronounce RS 232 in aviation?
- Pronounc3r
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Beautiful Instrumental: Hear the Tension at 3:20
- Dembadon
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What's the state of the railroad where you live?
- turbo
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News Chilean miners rescued from San José mine in 2010
- nismaratwork
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What is the lasting impact of the Chernobyl disaster 25 years later?
- nukeman
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News Inderjit Khurana and her preschool in Orissa, India
- jobyts
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Should I learn American or British English for physics research and travel?
- hager mahdy
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What are the longest symmetrical words that can be flipped like a mirror?
- DaveC426913
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Ancient international decapitations week?
- arildno
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News A Trip Down Market Street [San Francisco], 1906
- jtbell
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History This day in history - The Battle of Trafalgar
- Auron
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News Business and government 100 years ago
- turbo
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Is a Paraprosdokian the same thing as a Garden Path sentence?
- dratsab
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History How did the Romans move the 800-ton foundation stones at Baalbek?
- Eezekiel
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Did you know the first Canadian Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1578?
- GeorginaS
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Is It Correct to Use 'Bluer Than Blue' as a Metaphor in English?
- ikos9lives
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Can you detect other people's subvocalization?
- staticclean
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Was Ancient Greece fabricated?
- BenVitale
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Einstein Sealed Scientific Papers?
- KarenFTW
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History Key concepts of the Renaissance
- lj19
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How Accurate Were Guns in the Wild West?
- wolram
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News The end of the war, finally [WWI]
- Ivan Seeking
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Lingusitics The language of concept/perception
- century1800
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Lingusitics Cat Speak, and other animal languages
- Ivan Seeking
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Have you celebrated National Punctuation Day before?
- BobG
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News Titanic Sank Due to Panic and Design Error, Claims Book
- Andre
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Rock musicians with genuinely great lyrics like Bob Dylan
- Loren Booda
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What ya' think of Lady Gaga in meat?
- jackmell
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Why the map get this direction as we see today?
- pixel01
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History Musicians who significantly changed their genre
- chaoseverlasting
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Did Mr. Newton/Einstein ever take on students?
- kramer733
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Stenography (shorthand) techniques
- Math Is Hard
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Challenging Yes or No Questions: A Linguistic Perspective
- madah12
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Why East Asia didn't modernize before Europe
- Kimchijjigae
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Arguments against CFC-ozone depletion before the Montreal Protocol
- Mentallic
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News Where can I find a prescriptive English grammar book for British English?
- qspeechc
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Why do some of you use make-a-layman-scratch-head kinda words?
- blank.black
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What's the Difference Between Data Cooking and Data Rigging?
- Gruxg
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Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons documentary worth watching
- wolram
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Lingusitics Foul Language and Censorship: Who decides what can be said online?
- Greg Bernhardt
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They are listed as Greek when they aren't really Greek
- jackson6612
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News What evidence supports Bin Laden's involvement in the 9/11 attacks?
- edward
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Is Stonehenge Truly an Ancient Observatory?
- ryokan
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Is writing style determined by a computer algorithm?
- lisab
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Excellent champagne found at the bottom of the sea
- arildno
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Was King Arthur's Round Table Found in Chester?
- wolram
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Bachman/Cummings Songbook concert review
- Danger
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Why do British English speakers say maths instead of math?
- Mu naught
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What is the meaning behind this joyful Jewish song?
- Evo
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Somerset hoard of 52,000 Roman coins
- Astronuc
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Uncover Huge Hoard of Anglo-Saxon Treasure in UK
- Astronuc
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Geoffrey Ashe's historical case for King Arthur
- Evo
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History What are some comprehensive and reliable books on Ancient History?
- qspeechc
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How Do Social and Economic Factors Influence Fertility Forecasts?
- momentum
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Will listening to Spanish daily help me learn to speak it fluently?
- JerryClower
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History Longest tennis match in history isn't finished yet
- jtbell
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Church and JudgeWhere's the different?
- VietDao29
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Where can I find counter-claims to David Cole's documentary?
- dratsab
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History Can Desteni's creation myth be reconciled with quantum physics?
- ThomDarc
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Do You Hear Words When Reading to Yourself?
- Jerbearrrrrr
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Have we truly learned from the past?
- Desiree
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DDT in old commercial from CNN's Toxic America
- Ivan Seeking
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An amazonian tribe that can only count up to five
- BenVitale
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Dennis Hopper's legacy and cultural impact
- Ivan Seeking
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Have You Captured the Inspiration Behind Newton's Work in Photos?
- Primoz
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News Nicolaus Copernicus buried in Poland
- lisab
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History Aliens Visiting Earth in Our History
- Cfire
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Can You Translate This Chinese Text to English?
- grlingo
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Mount St. Helens - 30 years ago today
- Ivan Seeking
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Why Is May 17th Known as Norway's Constitution Day?
- arildno
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Why did Churchill refuse to discuss peace with Hitler in 1940?
- SW VandeCarr
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Would Ice Age settlements be underwater now along ancient coastlines?
- Max Faust
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Scholarly suggestions for combating Somali piracy through naval tactics
- science.girl
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When and why did human body censorship begin?
- dratsab
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Favorite metal bands and musicians
- Corkery
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History Greatest debate in modern history? Socialism(not Stalinism) vs Capitalism
- AlexES16
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History Cognitive Closure: Understanding Human History and Wrongdoings
- SixNein
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News Terrorist attack fifteen years ago today
- Ivan Seeking
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History Last US sardine cannery closing after 135 years
- Evo
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Translate this Italian sentence with spelling errors
- elibj123
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Lingusitics Are early withdrawals from a Roth IRA subject to penalty and income tax?
- skeptic2
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