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Who Were Albert Einstein's PhD Students?

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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

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Lingusitics How Did Language Evolve from Gestures to Complex Communication?

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Reversing Babbleonian Knonsense: A Global Challenge

  • Andre
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News Elizabeth Edwards has died

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Any particular word(s), phrase(s), etc. you particularly despise?

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30th Anniversary of John Lennon's death

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Is there a popular song that you absolutely detest?

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What writing instruments do you use?

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Alan Turing and his homosexuality

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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News Chilean miners rescued from San José mine in 2010

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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

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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?

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Why the map get this direction as we see today?

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History Musicians who significantly changed their genre

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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

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Lingusitics How many foreign languages do you speak/read?

  • tehno
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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

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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?

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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

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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?

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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

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History Greatest debate in modern history? Socialism(not Stalinism) vs Capitalism

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History Cognitive Closure: Understanding Human History and Wrongdoings

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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

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Lingusitics Are early withdrawals from a Roth IRA subject to penalty and income tax?

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