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History When streets were lit by gas lights
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When Jeff Beck Toured With The Beach Boys
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Basques, some of the diaspora, how's and why's, more
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Are Album Anniversaries Worth Celebrating?
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Definition of Maoil
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History Purpose of the Roman bronze dodecahedrons: are you convinced?
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Why do I think (guitar) G-strings sound out-of-tune?
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Music Did You Know Melanie Safka Passed Away at 76?
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Song: Epiphany of the Physicist
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Is "applausive" implied terminology?
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"Trolling" in New England
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History Imperial War Museum London (And similar organisations globally)
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Did Archaeologists Find the Wall Spartacus Broke Through?
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Serious science is alive and well....
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Music Music to Lift Your Soul: 4 Genres & Honorable Mention
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Music A Rain Song -- Favorite one? Memorable one? One you like?
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History A fascinating chart covering 4'000 years
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Lingusitics Japanese Translation Issues with Google Translate
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History Did Linus Pauling Inspire Linus Peanuts?
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Oldest cave art discovered in Indonesia: 51,200 years old
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Lingusitics What Makes the Balinese Alphabet Unique?
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Tell us about left-right hand coordination when playing musical instruments, especially for Piano
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Australia and its History - Tony Robinson Down Under
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Another Word I Got Wrong : Vile
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Gobekli Tepe under private sector management
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Best and Worst Cowbell Parody Parodies!!!
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Etymology of the word 'fart' in a handful of PIE languages
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Music Blues and Broken Hearts
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History Which ancient civilizations are you most interested in?
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How does academic transcripts translation work?
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Etymology of a Curse Word
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Why Is Two-Tone Ska Rock Popular on Retro Radio?
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Great Rhythm Sections in the 21st Century
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Music Esoteric Music Recommendations
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Wars of the Roses (Lancaster, Red Rose - York, White Rose), 1455-1487
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Is the New Shogun Series a Worthy Successor or Just a Stylish Tribute?
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What Are the True Origins of the Hungarians?
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How Did Karl Wallinger Impact Music?
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How Do Tagalog Words Express Complex Emotions?
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Favorite Electric Guitar Rock Solos
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Music Guilty Pleasures: Admit to music you'd be made fun of for listening to!
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Everett and Gell-Mann at the notable Massagon(?) meeting
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Music Is Modern Music Deteriorating or Evolving?
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Color Division Multiple Access (CDMA) ?
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What is the International Standard for Quantifying Funk?
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Who is Burt Bacharach and why are his songs timeless?
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Music What is Sheena Ringo's Hi Izuru Tokoro and its Impact on Modern Music?
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Music Does Music Improve Concentration During Study Sessions?
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Airport signs - forbidden: "White Weapons"
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Byzantium and Justinian I (527 - 565 CE)
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Tea for the Tillerman 2020 remake -- thoughts?
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Cleveland, Terminal Tower (Tower City) and Van Swerigen Brothers
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Art Chladni-like art from the 19th Century
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Art O Brother, Where Art Thou? film analysis
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Grace Jones Sings Opera w. Pavarotti
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Is Lovebites the Ultimate Form of Entertainment?
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The Origin of Me and Bobby McGee
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History British Isles - a piece of visual history
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Did Anahita's parents practice Zoroastrianism or Armenian Christianity?
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What are your favorite cover bands?
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History Why Did Ancient Greeks Excel in Sculpture but Not in 2D Perspective Art?
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Why was "No 1 (Royal Red and Blue)" able to sell for $75 million?
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News Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure
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Art What makes Japan's synchronized dance culture so astonishing?
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Amazing 19th Century Ice Ejection During Northwest Passage Sail
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Music Music Single Release - 'Life Before Death'
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Is This the Most Significant Gold Discovery in Norway's History?
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Why do we feel the need to type in all caps for acronyms?
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Music Some music pieces same/similar from the same artist
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Meaning of "selling war surplus groceries" in historical text
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What is the legal significance of using multiple synonyms in a legal sentence?
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History Recent history of measurement of 1 kg and other units
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Relief of Complex Gamma Fcn — was this hand drawn?
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Recommended Books for the Inquisitive or for the fun of it
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300 Silver Coins of Danish, Arab and Germanic origin found
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History Antequera - Ancient stone monument in Spain
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Randy Meisner, Eagles Founding Member, Dead at 76
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Lingusitics New Hybrid Model for the Origin of Indo-European Languages
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Olivia Newton John: Travolta's Love Interest & Tragic Passing
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How Did Sinéad O'Connor's Voice Capture Both Anger and Beauty?
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Excellence On Obscure Instruments
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Music Fusion of Western musical instruments
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So, anyone up for a game of quantum chess?
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In the definition of "look on", what does it mean by "stated way"?
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Searching for the Word for 100,000,000: Googleplex & Beyond
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Your thoughts on the Lord of the Rings series
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Is there a word for this? The means become the end...
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Welcome to try my digital designs
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Is Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon Still Relevant After 50 Years?
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Music Music I Can't Tolerate: Pet Peeves Revealed
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Major or minor -- Which do you find more pleasing?
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With ChatGPT, is the college essay dead?
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History What was Daniel Ellsberg's impact on American history?
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News 3,000+ year old sword found in Bavaria, Germany
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Napolean's disaster and European chaos (1808-1814)
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R.I.P. Tina - A Tribute to a Beloved Friend
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History Where did ancient civilizations get their supply of iron?
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Question: What % of white Americans have colonial roots?
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Music What are your favorite Musicals?
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Iron Maiden's "To Tame a Land" question
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