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What songs would you like played at your funeral?
- Arctic Fox
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Which one talent would you most want to have?
- GCT
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What Are Some Sources for Quotes on Being an Educated Person?
- Math Is Hard
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What is the correct pronunciation for 'hooray'?
- BicycleTree
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History Clovis Mafia: The Debate Over 13,000 Years of History
- Andre
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News Was World War II worth it? Patrick Buchanan on Stalin's perspective
- Dennis4
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Lingusitics Cranks in other languages and cultures
- cronxeh
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What is Canadian Raising and How Does it Affect How Canadians Speak?
- Smurf
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Did you sign the petition for Pink Floyd to reunite?
- brewnog
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Lingusitics Helen Keller example Is it possible to think without a language?
- NoGeniusJustSensible
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What Was This Random IM Conversation About?
- Gale
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Which English Words Contain All Five Vowels in Order?
- *Kia*
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How Can a Chinese Speaker Improve Their English Skills?
- lby
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What is the Longest English Word with No Repeated Letters?
- *Kia*
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Just what exactly does this cursive word say?
- BicycleTree
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Solving Long Words: Hippopotomonstrosesquipedal & Antidisestablishmentarianism
- wolram
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Top ten words not in the dictionary
- Evo
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How Can Punctuation Change the Tone of Online Communication?
- Adrian Baker
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Loch Ness's other monster mystery is finally solved
- Ivan Seeking
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Will Pink Floyd reunite at LIVE8 for the first time in over 20 years?
- Kerrie
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Why is everyone suddenly using "affect" instead of "effect"?
- honestrosewater
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber is quickly becoming my 2nd-favourite composer
- fourier jr
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Can You Spot All the Homographs in These Sentences?
- wolram
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When in the course of human events
- BicycleTree
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How do I get back into writing my book after a long break?
- infinitetime
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News Purchasing Prescription Drugs from Canada
- Dennis4
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How do you pronounce clique?
- Physics is Phun
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News Mark Felt Revealed as Deep Throat
- Ivan Seeking
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Tidbits of Fun and Fascinating Facts
- Evo
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My band got offered a record deal the other day
- icvotria
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Cluck Cluck Boom: Secret Plan to Build Nuclear Landmine Unveiled
- matthyaouw
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News If the South had been allowed to seccede
- wasteofo2
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News Is American society more placid than ever?
- wasteofo2
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Korean Cartoon Translation: Understanding Humor Across Cultures
- DaveC426913
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Lingusitics Do animals have their own languages ?
- CDplayer
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Where can I find "Forever" by Jessy and the Rippers?
- Gughanath
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Did Ancient Greeks base myths on fossil discoveries?
- honestrosewater
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News Dental assistant from hell ruined my enamel repair
- Evo
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Making CO2 loss from champagne sound forced in literary analysis
- wasteofo2
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When should I use which instead of that in a sentence?
- Monique
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How many symphonies did Mozart actually write?
- The Bob
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Is my Spanish composition about my parents accurate and grammatically correct?
- courtrigrad
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What is the History and Culture of Norway's Constitution Day?
- arildno
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History The greatest tragedy in human history
- Ivan Seeking
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Can You Paraphrase These Random Quotes?
- zoobyshoe
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Library of Alexandria, maybe found
- Adam
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Pi, not pie, and other mispronounced terms in math and physics
- Math Is Hard
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Did Einstein Say "Great, Great Freedom Existed in America"?
- Pengwuino
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Russian army march in front of Putin and George Bush
- Bladibla
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History Is History Being Re-Written About WWII and WWI?
- Ivan Seeking
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'the classical equivalent of finding the holy grail'
- Ivan Seeking
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Top formats for your car radio selections
- Loren Booda
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History History of Ki research, and modern Ki research
- Kilik
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Joe Satriani Concert on-line (2hrs)
- Astronuc
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Who Played Guitar on Jay Leno Tonight?
- Pengwuino
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News Did the Trojan War Really Happen?
- megas
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The best band you've never heard of
- hypnagogue
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What's Your Theme Song? Everyone Share Their Anthems
- Smurf
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What Does 'Semper Ubi Sub Ubi' Mean?
- bsun2
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What Is the Past Tense of "Seek"?
- student007
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Lingusitics What language is best for describing science?
- Loren Booda
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First encounter with Chomsky's Language and Thought
- Smurf
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How do you write poetry or rap to express ideas?
- Zygotic Embryo
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Sites to learn piano notes and reading music from scratch
- ConcealedDreamer
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My first French immersion class
- Math Is Hard
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Are You Ready to Experience the Timeless Sounds of Pink Floyd's 'Echoes'?
- Astronuc
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Lingusitics Whose in charge of the English Language?
- tony873004
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News Should military forces use ancient monuments as tactical positions?
- Bilal
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The dog jumped over the fence? Polysemys
- Teo1
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What are some popular science songs and albums?
- Loren Booda
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History It changed the course of history
- matthyaouw
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News Differences between Fascism and regular ol' Dictatorships?
- wasteofo2
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Ransom for the Thread Killer Champions thread
- Artman
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Is the Sky Disc of Nebra a genuine ancient artifact or a modern forgery?
- mouseonmoon
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Found old farm machinery in the woods near a stone wall
- BicycleTree
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Slight off-topic question regarding Columbia
- gschjetne
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The world's most underrated historical figure
- Loren Booda
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Trivia quiz with trick questions and answers
- Jimmy Snyder
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How do I write a catchy birthday song?
- Gale
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Hooka Tooka: Unusual Song Lyrics that Speak Beyond Meaning
- BicycleTree
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Why is Lenin venerated while Hitler is condemned?
- Padford
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What Other Historical Conflicts Mirror the Tensions of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
- babtridge
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Planning a Viking Funeral for a Friend in Manchester
- brewnog
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History Who was the mysterious peg-legged bigfoot in Alapaha's history?
- mouseonmoon
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News Can someone explain the Spain/ETA conflict for me?
- wasteofo2
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History How Have Women Like Miranda Stuart Changed the Face of Medicine and History?
- Astronuc
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What happened on the first anniversary of the Madrid 3-11 train bombings?
- Clausius2
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Is Spelling Important to You?
- bomba923
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Lingusitics Is a Logically Perfect Language Possible?
- Philocrat
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How did America become a dominant global power?
- evthis
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Why do I automatically mimic accents I hear?
- Gale
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U.S. vs Japan in WW2: Why Did Japan Lose?
- EngTechno
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Overcoming Bias in Language and Science
- thinker
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Why did ancient civilizations like Egypt and China fall behind in science and technology?
- EngTechno
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News Assassination of Rafiq al-Hariri
- plover
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History Were Historical Shifts in Philosophy Right or Wrong Turns?
- Mentat
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The Soviet Union's Collapse: A Blessing or Curse for Science and Technology?
- EngTechno
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Honoring El Hajj Malik El Shabazz on 40th Anniversary
- klusener
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What instruments do you people play
- Bladibla
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Lingusitics Do threads get locked for bad language?
- Andy
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