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How Did Sir Patrick Moore Impact Astronomy and Broadcasting?
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Who Here Has a Foreign-Sounding Name and How Do You Deal With It?
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How many words (approx) are used in everyday speech today
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Music What is the worst song by a well-respected musician or band?
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The Nationality of Galileo: A Historical Perspective
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History History of Mathematics: A Review of Steven Krantz's Book
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Italian seismologists convicted of multiple manslaughter.
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Music Boost Your Workouts with Soothing Music: Discover Japanese Smooth Jazz Artists
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History Laugh Out Loud: The Most Ridiculous Statements by Politicians in History
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News RIP George McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012)
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Do you press hard when writing? Is it related to your emotions?
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Did Hitler Really Commit Suicide?
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Music How Have Composers Used Mathematics in Classical Music?
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Forgetting Latin: Surprise Re-Learning Experience
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Has prohibition ever been successful?
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Music Why are athletes and music artists our biggest heroes?
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Design pattern i have found on an old artifact.
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History Can History be Modeled as Brownian Motion?
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What are some common mistakes in grammar and brewing?
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News Who Was the First Man on the Moon?
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Dachshund: Weiner Dog or Sad Drunk?
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Music Music to listen to when doing math or science
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Correct Pronunciation of the Name Horodecki?
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Help with pronouncing english words
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What is the Mystery Behind the Shipwreck and Treasure on Terschelling Island?
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Music What kind of music do physicists listen to?
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Archeologists dreams, massive discoveries in Egypt
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Music Music Production: Enjoying the Creative Process
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Why is 'its' spelled differently than other possessive forms?
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Music Science Determines Pop Music Is Too Loud
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Hunter-Gatherer Culture 20,000 Years Older Than Previously Thought
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History 12,000 year old megalith circles turn knowledge of ancient humans upside down
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Fossil From Last Common Ancestor Of Neanderthals And Humans
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Which is grammatically better: relationship or relation?
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Is Clovis First Theory Finally Debunked?
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Are Altoids One of the Oldest Commercial Products Still in Production?
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Music If I you like Beethovens music does that mean that you just dont
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How can I improve my English for GRE and TOEFL exams?
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History Funny passage from a brief history of time
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The Wisest Fool: An Unfamiliar Phrase
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How did the American pioneers obtain their drinking water?
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What Are the Impressive Iron Age Coins Discovered in Jersey?
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Reexamining The Death of Alan Turing
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Science poetry-or verse that is just informative about nature
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What is the connection between King of Prussia, PA and Frederick the Great?
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Bad translator = funny translations
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Was the Brick in the Venetian Woman's Mouth to Stop a Vampire?
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Is Starting a Sentence with Because Too Casual for Formal Writing?
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Did English Really Precede Roman Britain?
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News Death camps in Poland - Obama's slip
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How Did the Transit of Venus Shape Modern Astronomy?
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Is Archaeology Merely a Supplement to History?
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Nikola Tesla or James Clerk Maxwell?
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The First Scientist: Anaximander and his legacy
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Did Albert Einstein Really Say: "I Did It Myself"?
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How can you use albeit effectively?
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End of the World Cancelled - New Mayan Calendar Found
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Is This Sentence Grammatically Incorrect?
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England's Involvement in the Treaty of the Pyrenees: A Brief Overview
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Music The workings of the mind, music, mathematics (and the subconscious)
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What is ANZAC Day and its significance?
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I need to find a good instructional book on amateur archaeology?
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20% increase to civil war death toll
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MHB SE Class 10 Science: What Steel Was Used in the Titanic?
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How do you correctly pronounce these German words?
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Deciphering a Potentially Insulting Hungarian Phrase
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History I've always gotten this impression from reading books and in history
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Tangier Island Dialect: A Unique Blend of English and American Influences
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