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What Are Your Top Five Must-Have Albums for a Trip?

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What made 1970 a memorable year in music?

  • harpazo
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How did WW II planes with tail wheels taxi?

  • Stephen Tashi
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AT-AT Model V2.0: Improved Design and Detailing in Blender

  • Janus
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History Most indecisive battles in history

  • Stephen Tashi
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Art "Zorba The Greek" dance music - based on traditional themes?

  • Stephen Tashi
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The English word that hasn't changed sound or meaning in millenia

  • Astronuc
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Can Music Really Change Your Thoughts and Emotions?

  • Mary Conrads Sanburn
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Am I the only one into this power melodic metal Australian band?

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Animated Short: "The Blue Danube" Clip

  • Janus
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Software to determine the note and its register

  • BRN
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Art Notation for drum parts when scores were hand written?

  • Stephen Tashi
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Art I suck at practical art tests, but am excellent at theoretical art exams

  • bagasme
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News RIP Walter Mondale, 93, former VP and Senator from Minnesota

  • Astronuc
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Animated Chess Inspired by @Vanadium50 & @PeroK

  • Janus
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News Was Queen Elizabeth II alone at Prince Philip's funeral?

  • StevieTNZ
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This is a 3D model I made of the Edmund Fitzgerald great lakes ship

  • ElliotSmith
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Reading Books in 5 Hours - Question

  • kyphysics
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Inadvertent Plagiarism: Examples and Coincidences

  • andrewkirk
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Nouns that exist only in the plural

  • Vanadium 50
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Making Whiskey Quickly: New Flavors & Aging Methods

  • BillTre
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Why Humans Hate Crabs: Uncovering the Mystery

  • DaveC426913
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History Why didn't ancient civilizations harness the power of electricity?

  • homeylova223
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Lingusitics Why haven’t we given any other species the gift of language?

  • Whipley Snidelash
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Art Cartoon strips that survived after their originators

  • Stephen Tashi
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Nobel Prize in Literature 1936 was awarded to Eugene G. O'Neil

  • Mary Conrads Sanburn
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Lingusitics Sounds of g and c in Romance languages (and some of English)

  • Mark44
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New Kind of Avalanche: 9 Russian Adventurers Mysteriously Froze to Death

  • jedishrfu
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What Was Chick Corea's Impact on Jazz Music?

  • gmax137
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A Shakespearean Guide to Quantum Mechanics

  • AuntyMatter
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Bronze Age or Iron Age? Age of Nebra Sky Disk is disputed

  • BillTre
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Any clues to the origin of this pic (cross section of teeth)

  • Swamp Thing
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What Metaphor Best Captures Deception on a Seemingly Endless Path?

  • DaveC426913
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Phrases customarily mispronounced - "want to" etc.

  • Stephen Tashi
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Did Another Virus Claim Country Music Legend Charley Pride?

  • phinds
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Who is singing O Holy Night for Christmas?

  • sysprog
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RIP General Chuck Yeager, dead at 97

  • berkeman
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Here is a 3D model I made of the Mir space station

  • ElliotSmith
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What are the approximate harmonic amplitudes for a trumpet vs flute?

  • bhs67
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How to unroll a 2000 year-old scroll

  • Astronuc
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History What Is Physics and Why Does It Matter?

  • Leo Liu
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John Tyler was US President 1841-45. His grandson just died.

  • jtbell
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Expressions of the form *full, e.g. cupful, bag full, screenfull

  • Stephen Tashi
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Spencer Davis, RIP | The New York Times

  • gmax137
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J. Michael Lane, leader in Smallpox eradication, Dies at 84

  • BillTre
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Typographical question (equation numbers)

  • nomadreid
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What is the geographical significance of the Jihun River in the Shahnameh?

  • Office_Shredder
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Johnny Nash Dies: Singer of "I Can See Clearly Now

  • BillTre
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Origins and Usage of the Term 'Truck Farm': A Linguistic Analysis

  • Stephen Tashi
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Lingusitics Does studying Latin help in learning other languages?

  • StatGuy2000
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RIP Edward Lodewijk (Eddie) Van Halen (Jan 26, 1955 – Oct 6, 2020)

  • Astronuc
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Should "any" be followed by plural form of nouns?

  • Haorong Wu
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Technology and the chronology of expressions

  • Stephen Tashi
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How Did Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Legacy Impact the US Supreme Court?

  • StevieTNZ
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Do Other Musical Intervals Create a Creepy Sound Like the Devil's Interval?

  • symbolipoint
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Art Article - The first measurement of a star's size

  • DaveE
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Lingusitics Foreign language translation help please, “have been around”

  • htam9876
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History Any Archers or people interested in archery history here?

  • Whipley Snidelash
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Sacre du Shred: Epic Skiing Adventure

  • BWV
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More new vinyl records sold than CDs

  • jtbell
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History Exploring Megalithic Structures & Ancient Civilizations

  • Whipley Snidelash
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  • Poll Poll

What are your musical preferences?

  • newjerseyrunner
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Lingusitics Another language question - where do you run from the world?

  • Borek
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My 3D modeling skill progression from 2018 to 2020

  • ElliotSmith
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Guy who could read letters, but not numbers

  • BillTre
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The Singular 'They': A Linguistic Debate

  • StatGuy2000
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English Honorifics (or smth) for translation of a story

  • Borek
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History Philosophy and history forums recommendation

  • kent davidge
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How to pronounce Greek letters properly?

  • Haorong Wu
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Royal Society, French Academy of Sciences

  • PainterGuy
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What would it take to make a “true” universal translator?

  • Maximum7
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Remembering Guitar Hero Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac

  • gmax137
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RIP Congressman John Lewis (February 21, 1940 — July 17, 2020)

  • Astronuc
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Why Was the Palace of Auburn Hills Demolished?

  • George Jones
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History History Resources (documentaries etc.)

  • DennisN
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What was Hugh Downs' impact on morning television?

  • gmax137
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History History of Steam Plants: USA Heyday & Accidents

  • Stephen Tashi
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Foyle's War, The Hide - cause of explosion?

  • Stephen Tashi
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House Burning Down: Jimi Hendrix & Relevance in 2020

  • sandy stone
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The word "won't" does not look logically formed

  • symbolipoint
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What is the true meaning of spike in current news and media?

  • gmax137
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"How the light gets in" online festival

  • Lynch101
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History History or hoax? "D-Day Through German Eyes"

  • Stephen Tashi
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Did the South have a chance to win the Civil War?

  • timmeister37
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A standard piano keyboard juxtaposed with a 'balanced' keyboard

  • Bob Walance
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Who are the Scientists Behind Groundbreaking Discoveries?

  • drx eng
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History The What-Ifs of history - vs personal theories and speculations

  • Stephen Tashi
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French: "S'il Vous Plaît" Direct Translation to English

  • jack action
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Help Translate Interview About Grete Hermann

  • Jarvis323
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Is there any way to find out how a US Marine died in WW2?

  • timmeister37
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What is the proper grammar for my example sentence?

  • timmeister37
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Art Artemis Fowl film about to stream

  • BillTre
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Is This Really Mussolini with My Great Grandfather?

  • Petronius
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History RIP Neil Peart, Greatest Drummer in History

  • russ_watters
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Lingusitics Are Animal Sounds in Different Languages Accurate Representations?

  • BillTre
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Lingusitics English Language Struggles: Overcoming Problems

  • wrobel
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Remembering Jazz Legends of the 60s

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History Lost ancient kingdom uncovered in Turkey

  • Evo
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RIP Max Von Sydow: A Great Swedish Actor Passes Away

  • PeroK
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