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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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What Are Your Top Five Must-Have Albums for a Trip?
- Mondayman
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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 scene inspired by Star Wars
- 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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Speeding up whiskey aging with wood extraction and molecular methods
- BillTre
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Why do humans hate crabs?
- 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 outlived their creators or changed artists
- 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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Avalanche theory explains the 1959 Dyatlov Pass incident
- jedishrfu
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What Was Chick Corea's Impact on Jazz Music?
- gmax137
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Shakespeare's quotes linked to quantum mechanics concepts
- 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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Charley Pride died of coronavirus
- 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 obituary from 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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Is 'truck farm' terminology used outside the USA?
- Stephen Tashi
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Lingusitics Does studying Latin help in learning Romance 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 What does "have been around" mean in English?
- 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 How did ancient civilizations cut and shape stone so precisely?
- Whipley Snidelash
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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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Should singular 'they' replace the default male pronoun?
- 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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[Engineering use of English] transition/changeover/passing/transformation
- mech-eng
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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 When were district steam heating systems common in the USA?
- Stephen Tashi
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Foyle's War, The Hide - cause of explosion?
- Stephen Tashi
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Is Jimi Hendrix's "House Burning Down" still relevant today?
- sandy stone
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The word "won't" does not look logically formed
- symbolipoint
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Does 'spike' mean a brief peak or any increase in statistics?
- 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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How French contracts "s'il vous plaît" and "aujourd'hui" from longer phrases
- jack action
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German interview about Grete Hermann transcript
- 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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Was my great grandfather photographed with Mussolini
- Petronius
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History RIP Neil Peart, Greatest Drummer in History
- russ_watters
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