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So is lactose tolerance not a competitive advantage for Indo-Europeans?
- BWV
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How Did the Proto Indo-European Language Influence Modern Languages?
- Pythagorean
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Month lengths in the Gregorian calendar
- jim mcnamara
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How to never make a mistake with the object of a verb?
- Hall
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Homo Sapiens in southern Europe, ~44-46K years ago?
- Astronuc
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Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
- Ad VanderVen
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Is It Would Pronounced with a Schwa in English Speech?
- fxdung
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Linguistics: tense and lax consonants in English
- fxdung
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This is a 3D model I made of a nuclear power plant control room
- ElliotSmith
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Farmer looks for hammer, finds gold and silver in Hoxne, Suffolk
- Astronuc
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Spectral characteristics in linguistics
- Forbes
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Anyone know that the Olivia Newton-John was Max Born's granddaughter?
- swampwiz
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Lingusitics The Tragic Fate of Baltic Finnish Languages
- jtbell
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RIP David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian
- Astronuc
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Art Who are Tartars? William Dalrymple Quotes
- Hall
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History History of the United States, Vol I, Charles and Mary Beard, 1921
- Astronuc
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How would one remove ambiguity from these sentences containing "just"
- Eclair_de_XII
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Did Columbus know he had discovered America?
- CHAIM123
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History What was the composition of ether according to the ancients?
- jeane300
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Parentese, Universally Conserved Adult to Baby Human Speech
- BillTre
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What is the ideal balance of consonants and vowels in a spoken language?
- arivero
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History "The Lightning Tamers" (Nonfiction history of science book)
- nsaspook
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History The Curious History of Jaywalking
- jedishrfu
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Lingusitics Is English a Soft or Harsh Language for Communication?
- fxdung
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Is the Aurora the Same Ship That Sailed to Helgoland in 1972?
- jtbell
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Here is a 3D model of 13th century French cathedral that I made
- ElliotSmith
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History What are some must-see ancient history documentaries?
- ergospherical
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The Mysterious Disappearance of a Revolutionary Mathematician
- Astronuc
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Art Line Dance Swing Shim Sham at Carnation Plaza Disneyland
- rcgldr
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Alan White: Legendary Drummer with Yes, Dies at 72
- pinball1970
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English consonants in careless speech
- fxdung
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Is it permissible to omit words like "that" in relative clauses?
- Eclair_de_XII
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Can we omit some words in colloquial conversation?
- fxdung
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History Science and Public Policy: an Interesting History
- gleem
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Vangelis: Composer of Blade Runner & Chariots of Fire Passes Away
- nsaspook
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Art How the Earth Was Made (or Evolved)
- Astronuc
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News Is Write Me a Unique American Linguistic Feature?
- pinball1970
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John Adams' Last Words: Fact or Fiction?
- LightningInAJar
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How Is New Technology Transforming American Football?
- BillTre
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Video demonstration of playing an invisible piano
- symbolipoint
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Cuban Missile Crisis, the Russian Side of the Story
- anorlunda
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What is the Purpose of a Semicolon in a Sentence?
- samy4408
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What was Isaac Newton's real face?
- jonjacson
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Scots and Scottish Gaelic forever
- Astronuc
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Endurance22 Mission Finds Shackleton's Endurance Wreck: Proof of Preservation?
- bob012345
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Henry III gold penny found in Devon, UK
- Astronuc
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Sean Carroll podcast on Issues Related to Basketball Analytics
- BillTre
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How did the alphabet evolve over time?
- DennisN
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US Forest Service, National Forests, and The Big Burn (1910)
- Astronuc
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Old road trip: Along the (Soviet) Russian border
- jtbell
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Remembering a Legend in Bowling: RIP at 52
- pinball1970
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John Prine dies from Coronavirus at 73
- BillTre
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History What Makes the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka a Must-Visit?
- dlgoff
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The Myth of the Greeks -- Did they steal from Egypt?
- BornCane
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How is a bureaucrat chosen in your country?
- Hall
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Difference between the words "material" and "matter"
- planck999
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Popular physics: Boltzmann Brains and Sci-Fi
- sbrothy
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Biphasics sleep patterns in pre-industrial England/Europe
- Astronuc
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Who was Meat Loaf and what were his greatest hits?
- gmax137
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Bluestones of Stonehenge were Originally in a Monument in Wales
- BillTre
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Lingusitics Great Human Genetics, Language and Culture Podcast
- BillTre
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Lingusitics Question about irrationality and irrational language <moved>
- timeuser84
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How can I effectively display different types of worker coverage on a map?
- DaveC426913
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A Question About Pronouncing Weird Words
- triley
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Mini road trip: Riding the waves in the mountains
- jtbell
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What was the significance of Lecompton, Kansas as the territorial capital?
- dlgoff
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News Ready for a Sunshine State road trip with friends in Georgia?
- jtbell
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Sadly, The Monkees Michael Nesmith 78 has Passed Away
- jedishrfu
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How Can Physics Be Expressed Through Poetry?
- magiladd
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Wendy Carlos's Moog-synthesized classics
- jtbell
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History Rutland Mosaic, Roman history in UK
- Astronuc
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History Railroad history - Conrail, it isn't quite dead
- Astronuc
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Art Do You Think Photography is an Art?
- BadgerBadger92
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Veterans Day: Should We Move It To Another Date?
- LightningInAJar
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RIP Graeme Edge (80), drummer, Moody Blues
- Astronuc
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Art What Makes the Art of This Kansas-Based Artist Unique After 30 Years?
- dlgoff
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Help identifying these early American Indian tools please
- dlgoff
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"Bloody", a discouraged word to use in Britain
- symbolipoint
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What is the correct pronunciation of Chez Hélène from the 60s CBC TV show?
- DaveC426913
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Understanding the Difference Between 'Finding' and 'Find' as Nouns
- feynman1
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Reject vs Rejection: Understanding the Difference
- feynman1
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'Working example' vs 'worked example'
- feynman1
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Hardest common words for you to spell
- Greg Bernhardt
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Why do words and mathematics seem to have different levels of complexity?
- mcastillo356
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Good piece on the two largest famines
- BWV
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History 536 AD - The 'Worst' Year in History?
- Astronuc
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RIP Charlie Watts (Rolling Stones)
- robphy
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Differential/Different Adjectives: A Non-Native English Speaker's Quandary
- scherz0
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Methodology / Philosophy of Science
- Pinewater234
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Here is a 3D model I made of a large industrial steam turbine
- ElliotSmith
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On titles of publications in earlier times
- feynman1
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Words Used Differently to Describe Wine
- BillTre
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Lingusitics Ah, another of these language questions....
- Borek
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How Will Dusty Hill's Passing Impact ZZ Top's Legacy?
- gmax137
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Is pronunciation reform the key to a fully phonetic alphabet?
- Algr
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Lingusitics Learning Target Language with Mother Tongue-subtitled Series
- bagasme
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Lingusitics (BBC) Bolze is more than a just a language: it’s a cultural identity
- Astronuc
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Where did old videos of rock groups come from?
- Ivan Seeking
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What is the Difference Between 12:00 AM and 12:00 PM?
- arydberg
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Are Instagram Theme Parks Shaping Our Perception of Culture?
- BillTre
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