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Biphasics sleep patterns in pre-industrial England/Europe
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Who was Meat Loaf and what were his greatest hits?
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Bluestones of Stonehenge were Originally in a Monument in Wales
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Lingusitics Great Human Genetics, Language and Culture Podcast
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Lingusitics Question about irrationality and irrational language <moved>
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How can I effectively display different types of worker coverage on a map?
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A Question About Pronouncing Weird Words
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Mini road trip: Riding the waves in the mountains
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What was the significance of Lecompton, Kansas as the territorial capital?
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Sadly, The Monkees Michael Nesmith 78 has Passed Away
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How Can Physics Be Expressed Through Poetry?
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Wendy Carlos's Moog-synthesized classics
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History Rutland Mosaic, Roman history in UK
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History Railroad history - Conrail, it isn't quite dead
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Art Do You Think Photography is an Art?
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Veterans Day: Should We Move It To Another Date?
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RIP Graeme Edge (80), drummer, Moody Blues
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Art What Makes the Art of This Kansas-Based Artist Unique After 30 Years?
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Help identifying these early American Indian tools please
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"Bloody", a discouraged word to use in Britain
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What is the correct pronunciation of Chez Hélène from the 60s CBC TV show?
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Music PF Members' Hobbies: Music, Sports & More
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Understanding the Difference Between 'Finding' and 'Find' as Nouns
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Reject vs Rejection: Understanding the Difference
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'Working example' vs 'worked example'
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Hardest common words for you to spell
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Why do words and mathematics seem to have different levels of complexity?
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Good piece on the two largest famines
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History 536 AD - The 'Worst' Year in History?
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RIP Charlie Watts (Rolling Stones)
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Differential/Different Adjectives: A Non-Native English Speaker's Quandary
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Methodology / Philosophy of Science
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Here is a 3D model I made of a large industrial steam turbine
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On titles of publications in earlier times
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Words Used Differently to Describe Wine
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Lingusitics Ah, another of these language questions....
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How Will Dusty Hill's Passing Impact ZZ Top's Legacy?
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Is pronunciation reform the key to a fully phonetic alphabet?
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Lingusitics Learning Target Language with Mother Tongue-subtitled Series
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Lingusitics (BBC) Bolze is more than a just a language: it’s a cultural identity
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Where did old videos of rock groups come from?
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Music Has all the Good Music Been Played/Copied/Completed?
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What is the Difference Between 12:00 AM and 12:00 PM?
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Are Instagram Theme Parks Shaping Our Perception of Culture?
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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?
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How did WW II planes with tail wheels taxi?
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AT-AT Model V2.0: Improved Design and Detailing in Blender
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History Most indecisive battles in history
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Art "Zorba The Greek" dance music - based on traditional themes?
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The English word that hasn't changed sound or meaning in millenia
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Can Music Really Change Your Thoughts and Emotions?
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Am I the only one into this power melodic metal Australian band?
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Music How has Music influenced Science, Mathematics, and Technology?
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Animated Short: "The Blue Danube" Clip
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Software to determine the note and its register
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Art Notation for drum parts when scores were hand written?
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Art I suck at practical art tests, but am excellent at theoretical art exams
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News RIP Walter Mondale, 93, former VP and Senator from Minnesota
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Animated Chess Inspired by @Vanadium50 & @PeroK
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News Was Queen Elizabeth II alone at Prince Philip's funeral?
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Music MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Music, and.... SPIDERS
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This is a 3D model I made of the Edmund Fitzgerald great lakes ship
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Reading Books in 5 Hours - Question
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Inadvertent Plagiarism: Examples and Coincidences
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Music Directors and the first note of a piece of music
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Nouns that exist only in the plural
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Making Whiskey Quickly: New Flavors & Aging Methods
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Why Humans Hate Crabs: Uncovering the Mystery
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History Why didn't ancient civilizations harness the power of electricity?
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Lingusitics Why haven’t we given any other species the gift of language?
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Art Cartoon strips that survived after their originators
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Nobel Prize in Literature 1936 was awarded to Eugene G. O'Neil
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Lingusitics Sounds of g and c in Romance languages (and some of English)
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New Kind of Avalanche: 9 Russian Adventurers Mysteriously Froze to Death
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What Was Chick Corea's Impact on Jazz Music?
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A Shakespearean Guide to Quantum Mechanics
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Music Petition for NASA to name TOI-1338 b in honor of musician SOPHIE
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Bronze Age or Iron Age? Age of Nebra Sky Disk is disputed
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Music My daughter's first music single....'Confined'
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Any clues to the origin of this pic (cross section of teeth)
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What Metaphor Best Captures Deception on a Seemingly Endless Path?
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Phrases customarily mispronounced - "want to" etc.
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Did Another Virus Claim Country Music Legend Charley Pride?
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Who is singing O Holy Night for Christmas?
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RIP General Chuck Yeager, dead at 97
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Here is a 3D model I made of the Mir space station
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What are the approximate harmonic amplitudes for a trumpet vs flute?
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How to unroll a 2000 year-old scroll
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History What Is Physics and Why Does It Matter?
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John Tyler was US President 1841-45. His grandson just died.
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Expressions of the form *full, e.g. cupful, bag full, screenfull
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Spencer Davis, RIP | The New York Times
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J. Michael Lane, leader in Smallpox eradication, Dies at 84
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Typographical question (equation numbers)
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What is the geographical significance of the Jihun River in the Shahnameh?
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Johnny Nash Dies: Singer of "I Can See Clearly Now
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Origins and Usage of the Term 'Truck Farm': A Linguistic Analysis
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Lingusitics Does studying Latin help in learning other languages?
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RIP Edward Lodewijk (Eddie) Van Halen (Jan 26, 1955 – Oct 6, 2020)
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