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When to use agenda, schedule, or diary?

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Lingusitics Language/linguistics forum @ PF?

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Why Did Daylight Saving Time Start Date Change This Year?

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How Did Europeans Cope with the Cold During the Little Ice Age?

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News What Will Happen to the USS John F Kennedy CVA-67 After Decommissioning?

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What is the word for a situation of perpetual motion?

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Did Switzerland Really Invade Liechtenstein?

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History How did Anglo-Saxon battles affect town and village development?

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News Lawrence of Arabia was really a Zionist?

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Was the Bombing of Dresden Justified?

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News My Lai massacre and the napalm girl photo: where is this footage today?

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What Was the Pivotal Moment in Napoleon's Defeat at Waterloo?

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History The history and future of sex

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What does this passage about encountering Jews in Vienna mean?

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Differences in the Manhattan Project

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History Who is the greatest physicist in history?

  • Izzhov
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Memorising improve your brain functioning?

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Epic Drum Solos: Bonzo's Best Hits

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Secrets of the Cerca Trova inscription in Leonardo da Vinci's work

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Where does the bow and arrow come from?

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Great Youtube of Von Brawn/V2 rocket and.the first suborbital video

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History Simulating political dynamics with gravity-like forces between agents

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History Pre-ancient Rome tomb discovered in the Forum

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How Do You Say 'Ole Danbolt Mjøs'?

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Why did humans create cave paintings?

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News Welcome to Stupid Bobby's Comic Strip

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History What made Epaminondas significant in Greek history?

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13th century text hides words of Archimedes

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News Why Was Marine Col. Joe W. Dowdy Removed During Combat?

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Who Won the 2006 Belarus Election and What Is Their Background?

  • ZapperZ
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What Made This New Year's Eve Party the Best for Bass Guitar Fans?

  • Math Is Hard
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Lingusitics Are these words really banned from the English language in 2007?

  • Moonbear
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Who was the first person hanged in Massachusetts and why?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Gerald R. Ford Dead at 93 - CBS News

  • Evo
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How Well Do You Know Archaeology?

  • Evo
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Misspelling as indicator of spoken dialect

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Harken back to relate the most twisted parodies in song, movies,. .

  • Loren Booda
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There is word that I can't nowhere near spell. Disprecency ?

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I would like your opinions please: the best biography of Einstein?

  • Hanshananigan
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Lingusitics Did Tonto overcome his language barrier with his father's invention?

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Historical accounts of a 'Great Flood'

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I'm Santa Claus - Song I've Loved For Years

  • Evo
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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

  • Evo
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Lingusitics Have you won any language or word game competitions?

  • Loren Booda
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Trivia Quiz - Historical Facts and Figures

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Looking for Science-Themed Songs? Check Out This Experimental Project!

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Local dialect you never knew was local.

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My college essay - critique welcomed

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Lingusitics Kants Language covert judgments

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What Are Some Commonly Used Letter/Number Equivalents in Everyday Life?

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History Russia's history shaped by geography and cultural contact

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How Can Mackie Messer Be Faithfully Translated?

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Who sings Somewhere Over The Rainbow on YouTube?

  • Ivan Seeking
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News What is the legacy of beloved journalist Ed Bradley?

  • Astronuc
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UK Cows Speak with Regional Accents!

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Sunday Bloody Sunday" - A Hillarious Clip!

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What Can Be Stirred?

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October 12 to recall discoveries, and who was Saint Tammany?

  • marcus
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Most iconic planes of World War I and World War II

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Why did Britain occupied HongKong in the 19th century?

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History What Everyday Items Will Disappear in the Next 50 Years?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Thanks, now explain the explination.

  • tribdog
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English Conversation Partner Wanted - Chinese Student Preparing for TOEFL

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When humans first used clear time divisions of day

  • wolram
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News Strip aerobics as exercise trend

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History Mathematics history resources across different cultures

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Lincoln's dream of his own death in the White House

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I wrote a song and figured out how to post it on the web

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How Can Saturn's Exploration Illuminate Human History and Progress?

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History Book recommendations on political theory and history

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That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind

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Flavius Josephus and the crucifiction of Jesus

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Is James Dewar Related to the Scotch Whiskey Distillers?

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News Are we doomed to repeat the Crusades?

  • Loren Booda
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Edith Piaf and Theo Sarapo perform "A Quoi Ça Sert l'Amour"

  • marlon
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How Does My American English Sound for a UK TV Clip?

  • marlon
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Classical and Spanish Guitar Performances

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Saw this program on tv with two guys playing the accordion

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What's Wrong with MAC Language in This Video?

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Badinerie-Composed for electric guitar?

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Catchy tunes, silly songs and sheer camp

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The lark from Bergen-Sissel Kyrkjebø

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Ann Richards (former Gov of Texas) dies at 73

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Pachelbel's Canon in the 21st Century

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Arkaim: Bronze Age observatory in Chelybinsk region

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Kirsten Flagstad-a blast from the past

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What are some tips for learning to play guitar on your own?

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History Super-China's effect on global economy/history

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What are the saddest songs you've heard?

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Poll: Should Men Be Allowed to Wear Dresses?

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Why civilizations must expand or collapse

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What song has lyrics about wives beating their husbands?

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Walter "Maynard" Ferguson: Jazz Legend Passes Away

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Sappy rap or R&B songs for a silly wedding toast

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Why is 'totaled' spelled differently in American and British English?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Marlon Performs Mozart Aria from Figaro's Wedding

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Why do civilizations stagnate or decline?

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Commonly confused words test results

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